It’s always fun and relatively easy to start writing a new concept. You’ve got your shiny-new characters with bright smiles and hidden agendas. Then you’ve got…
This week, I learned something new alongside you guys – so that’s fun! Today’s topic is finding the ever-elusive “comps” (short for comprehensive titles). Basically, a…
Writing is a personal act – even fiction stories usually have at least a bit of real life inspiration in them. So it makes sense that…
A beta reader can offer valuable insight and perspective on your work in progress. However, who should you ask to be a beta reader and, equally…
Now that you’re a writer, people will want you to read their work. It’s inevitable. But reading every document sent your way is impossible. When should…
Once again, I’m ready to edit my latest novel. Even though this isn’t my first rodeo (or even second or third), it’s still intimidating to stand…
I sometimes tell people I have a four-year degree in accepting criticism. My diploma doesn’t say that in so many words, but I credit my fine…
While many writers love the excitement and freedom of writing a first draft, I prefer the editing phase. I also call it the rewriting phase to…
Last week, I talked about the value of constructive criticism with regard to our manuscripts. Whether we are gathering feedback from a hive mind of readers…
Whether we’ve just uploaded a new chapter to our Inkitt account, given our manuscript to a friend to read, or sent our book off to the…