Conference time has rolled around again, and many writers are planning to attend writers’ conferences. There are...
Editing & Writing Advice
Creating Suspense using Multiple Points of View
Rejections 2.nooooo: How to handle rejections and heavy edits
To Be-ware or not To Be-ware: Large Publisher, Small Press
This week seems to be the week to blog about small presses, and seeing so many posts brought something to my mind. I’ve always considered Pelican Book Group to be a small press—as I’m sure most people do—but what exactly makes a small press a small press? Is it the size of its catalogue, number of employees, the benefits and drawbacks of being published by said press, or is it strictly the annual revenue generated (and is any of that good or bad)? As I pondered these things, I decided to do a comparison of what large publishers do and what this small press (Pelican Book Group) does.
Write the Vision Wednesday ~ Memorial Day
My dad was in the army, a veteran of the Korean conflict. He remained part of the National Guard and served his...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Some authors believe all passive sentences are bad. They’ve heard the rule that all forms of to be are to be cut from...
Cliches
Communication One goal—perhaps the central objective—of writing is communication. Whether we’re writing fiction or...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Layering is what I call the process of blending the plot so that they do not seem dropped into the manuscript for...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Dialogue comes naturally to some authors, but others struggle with trying to share realistic, pertinent, and dynamic...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Editing & Writing Advice, Writing Prompts
The questions were asked? Does deep point of view (POV) only involve the reader’s sense of sight? How does the writer...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Would you like to make an editor’s heart sing? One way to do it is to pay attention to the little things: commas,...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Realism is important in fiction, especially when we talk about plausibility. For example, a plot should always be...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
A disturbing trend has begun in the world of fiction. I have to admit that I do not read much secular work, so the...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
Recently, a friend asked me how an editor can tell that an author has found genuine “voice”? That’s a deep and...
Tactical Tuesday: Advice for Self-Editing
True. Most publishers do not expect an author to know their formatting requirements. There are certain variables...