As ghosts parade the midnight streets, numbers haunt your brain. It’s midnight and you’ve decided to take the plunge and join #NaNoWriMo2019. First off, take a deep breath. You’ve accomplished the hardest step: overcoming your fear of starting something new. Congratulations! Word Count For Your Book During NaNoWriMo, writers challenges themselves to produce 50 000 […]
What do you do if you’re ready to launch a book during the pandemic? Book launches can be more intimidating than writing the book itself. Throw in the current pandemic, and you may consider taking a hard pass. If you are ready launch your book, but you face pandemic restrictions, a digital launch may be […]
Many authors dream of selling a story or poem to a professional market, although sometimes it seems impossible. Earlier this month, I went to a panel discussion about professional genre fiction markets with award-winning authors, editors, and publishers. Devour the wise words of Charlene Challenger, David Clink, Troy Harkin, Sandra Kasturi, Shirley Meier, and Ira […]
Congratulations on writing your manuscript! Before you submit your document to an agent, editor, or publisher, ensure it adheres to their formatting and content guidelines. If those guidelines aren’t posted, refer to this collection of publishing industry standards. Grab this FREE, downloadable pdf for easy reference. Formatting Standards for Novels use a readable font: Times […]
Challenges often feel like roadblocks that prevent us from accomplishing our goal. What if we saw them as opportunities for improvement instead?
Yesterday a client asked: how much does it cost to self-publish? That answer is as simple as the answer to: how long is a chapter?
If you’re struggling for inspiration in your writing, you have no further to look than your own life.
Ideas for stories are all around you. Ask two questions to get started.
Writer’s block is an enigmatic creature for people who create content with words. Some writers swear it isn’t real. For others, it stalled their career. Personally, I have 20+ years of unleashed content hastening out of my brain. What challenges me from time to time, as I reckon it does all authors, is finding what […]