Holly Atkinson is a freelance editor, and her company is called Evil Eye Editing. She was gracious enough to do a last-minute interview with me at the end of the writing conference, and I am truly grateful. She had some good insight for authors on editing. She is also an Read more
At the writers conference, I interviewed Ally Robertson, editor with The Wild Rose Press and suspense author. She is a wealth of information since she works on the editing side as well as the writing side. I learned so many tidbits on how to improve my manuscript from just a Read more
Bestselling author Steven James was gracious enough to take the time to answer a few of my questions—even though he was the keynote speaker at the writers conference and had a ton on his plate. Steven is genuine and funny, and it was such a pleasure to meet him. He Read more
I had the chance to interview bestselling author Heather Burch at a regional writers conference. She writes Young Adult and Adult novels, and she is the most organized author I have had the opportunity to learn from in my career. If you want some expert advice and insight, this woman Read more
Book Summary What if you had your favorite superhero’s power but you couldn’t control it? Super Powereds explores this idea in a four book series. In a world where some are born with superpowers (Supers) and a fraction of those can’t control those powers (Powereds), five unlikely allies with a Read more
I recently went to my second regional writers conference since starting my professional writing career. These gatherings are specifically for authors, editors, agents, and publishers. The goal of conferences is to help writers make connections and learn more about the publishing industry. The ones I attended were done as a Read more
Your book is full of hooks to engage the reader, and your book title is your front line. If you’re lucky enough to get your book shelved face out, then the cover art might be the first hook. However, most books are shelved with the spine out, and the title Read more
Story structure comes in many variations with just as many ways to classify it. One of the leading voices on story structure is Orson Scott Card and his MICE Quotient. He divides all stories into four categories based on what element the author values the most when writing the story. Read more
When you get deep into the research of writing novels, there is cross over with writing screenplays for movies. One phrase I recently came across in my research is the Four-Quadrant Movie Model. Though not all screenplay concepts can be used for novels, I think this one is something we Read more
After a year of running my website, I’ve learned a few tricks, and I’d like to share one with you today. When you have a website where you get comments from the public, there is always spam comments. While some of these are easy to spot, I’ve almost been fooled Read more