Writing
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How to Revise Your Manuscript Out of the Slush?
A Simple Guide to Leveling Up Your Revision Work So, you wrote a book? Big deal, right? Nah, just kidding, IT’S A HUGE FREAKING DEAL!!! Let me tell you, you’ve hit a milestone…
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The Dreaded Synopsis
Well, now that you've officially accepted the fact, maybe it's high time we move onto the how instead of the why. Writing a synopsis doesn't have to be that horrible. First, let's start…
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Character Cheat Sheet: An Overview
6 Characters Every Novel Should Include Developing any character for your novel is an essential step along the way, not to be avoided or glazed over. It takes real, authentic characters to move…
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8 Plotting Methods Every Writer Should Know, Part II
There are many ways to plot a novel but not every way works for everyone. Read more to find the perfect plotting method for your story, Part II
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8 Plotting Methods Every Writer Should Know, Part I
There are many ways to plot a novel but not every way works for everyone. Read more to find the perfect plotting method for your story.
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The Essential Guide to the Dreaded Query Letter
Plus Over 15 Insider Tips You Need To Know Before Pressing Send Part of the How To Series where we’ll investigate the query process, scrivener, writing, publishing, and all the fun things. Queries…
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Writing Goals for the New Year
It’s 2020. A new year. A new you, perhaps, with a laundry list of new resolutions? What should a writer, like you and I, be resolving to accomplish in the new year? What…
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How to write PitMad pitches for all the hearts?
PitMad is upon us once more. Many unpublished writers like myself find this to be an exciting opportunity as we throw pitches for our finished manuscripts out into the world hoping someone will…
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NaNoWriMo Fail or Pass?
It’s the end of the one month writing splurge where you tried your darnedest to create 50,000 fresh words for you current WIP (Work In Progress). Was it a NaNoWriMo fail? a NaNoWriMo…
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The Writer Life
If it’s one thing I’ve learned as a writer, we can be nosy. Often inclined to introvertish behavior, we find the appeal of other writers’ lives to be fascinating. I know I do,…
