Happy New Year! That time of year when we talk about fresh starts and New Year’s resolutions (that are so often broken). Let’s resolve this year to not resolve, but rather to set a few key goals around our writing
Thanks to freelance writer Cara Aley for this guest post, just in time for year-end gathering of all those receipts and expenses! As a freelance writer, it can be a bit of a feast or famine lifestyle. As a result,
Ready to query an agent? Most authors would rather write an entire novel than endure the torture that seems to go with a simple, one page query letter. Nevertheless, it’s a necessary evil in the traditional publishing process. Even if
Thanks to freelance editor Arlene Prunkl for this guest post! In this post, I’m going to address what is largely a subject of annoyance and confusion to many writers. That is, the three common kinds of dashes, and where to
Thanks to editor Marlene Adelstein for this guest post! How many times have I heard those words or some variation? (Plug in husband, aunt or high school English teacher). As a freelance book editor, many of the writers who contact
Thanks to author Jacqueline Gum for this guest post! You’ve got the basic story and you’ve already named your characters. And you know what you want them to do, but how do you give your characters emotion? Because without it,
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