New Year? Time to clean house, err manuscripts!

New Year? Time to clean house, err manuscripts!

Happy New Year! Something about the date change inspires all of us to make resolutions and get our act together. And while that motivation has a hold of you, now is a great time to not only think about your writing goals for 2018, but also to take a look at what...
The Many Layers of Book Reviews

The Many Layers of Book Reviews

For new authors or a new book, reviews become one of those must-have but are difficult to collect goals. They sit on checklists waiting to be marked off, but how many do you need? Are they really important? And if so, for what? Book Sales It is true that book reviews...
Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Touch

Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Touch

Writing relies heavily on telling the reader descriptions: clothing, appearances, landscapes, cities, movements, clues for time of day, and such. But there is so much more to the world of your story than this! Plus, it is telling and isn’t this supposed to be “show...
The Seasons of Fantasy

The Seasons of Fantasy

I’m sick of snow. That might seem like a doomed statement considering it is the end of October and I’m in the northern hemisphere. Heck, I was IN SNOW today up at Crater Lake in Oregon (there was about a foot of it on the ground). But I’m not talking about the...
Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Sound

Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Sound

Writing relies heavily on telling the reader descriptions: clothing, appearances, landscapes, cities, movements, clues for time of day, and such. But there is so much more to the world of your story than this! Plus, it is telling and isn’t this supposed to be “show...
Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Smell

Expanding the Senses in Your Writing: Smell

Writing relies heavily on telling the reader descriptions: clothing, appearances, landscapes, cities, movements, clues for time of day, and such. But there is so much more to the world of your story than this! Plus, it is telling and isn’t this supposed to be “show...

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