by Lexi Greene | Dec 8, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
Last week, Mark had a message to share with authors who didn’t “win” this year’s NaNoWriMo. It is an important reminder that there is no way to “lose” the NaNoWriMo challenge because you can always take what you worked on and continue building toward the book you want...
by Kevin Tumlinson | May 15, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
“So now it’s mean spirited to tell a writer they should get an editor?” The question is a good one, because really, we’ve been telling authors for a long while that they need to have an editor, if they can afford one. Or at least get someone you can trust to give your...
by Sarah Kuiken | Feb 14, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
If you missed Part 1 of this series about doing your own structural edit, go back and read that post first—it introduces core concepts and lays the foundation for this one. With your skeleton blurb clear in your mind and the knowledge that you have a complete...
by Sarah Kuiken | Feb 7, 2023 | Author How-To & Mindset
Editing is a famously daunting task for many writers, but it doesn’t have to be. At the end of the day, you want to put a compelling, gripping story out into the world—and as a storyteller, who better to take at least an initial look over your manuscript than you?...
by Kevin Tumlinson | Sep 14, 2021 | Author How-To & Mindset
I’ve been watching For the Love of Kitchens on the Discovery+ app. The show follows the work of the kitchen design studio of deVOL, in the UK. It’s something my wife got me into—a sort of “visual comfort food,” watching a show that’s centered on designing and...
