Welcome to Part III of our editing-focused series, After the Draft. We’re entering the final stretch of our series of steps you can follow – regardless of experience – when editing books so that your final self-edited draft is ready to begin moving up the chain toward publication. In this edition, we’re tackling some of […]
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Welcome back to After the Draft, our short crash course in effective book editing that any author can tackle before engaging a human editor and preparing for publication. Here in Part II, we’re entering the line editing stage of our journey – forging ahead into the forest of words, armed with our editorial machete as […]
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So… you’ve written a book. Congratulations! Those weeks, months, or even years of hard effort have finally paid off, and your new manuscript now sits complete. But (sadly) the work doesn’t end there – because once that initial draft is done, it’s time for revision and those all-important book edits. In this three-part series, we’ll […]
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Let’s face it: this is now a digital world. You may have worked super hard to produce your latest novel – poured all your sweat and creativity into it – but getting seen and becoming well known increasingly depends on having a robust digital presence. That’s because you aren’t just a professional writer in the […]
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About Me pages fill some fiction writers with dread. And yet, a good About Me page is essential to connecting with readers, winning new fans, and even impressing agents, editors, and publishers. The problem is, many of us are introverted artists. We scrawl fiction in our lonely writers’ caves, where the sign at the door […]
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Take a quick browse through a bookstore or Amazon’s virtual shelves and you’ll discover that there are hundreds of books about how to write fiction. But when you need to get serious about self-editing your manuscript, pickings are slim. Still, a few fantastic books stand out as tremendous guides to help fiction writers self-edit. Here’s […]
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Your novel is completed, edited to perfection, and your beta readers love it. Now what? You’ve heard the next step is to approach a literary agent, but do you really need one? The short answer is no. The longer answer is: it depends. For some writers, having a literary agent on your side could make […]
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Publishing a new book is probably one of the most nerve-wracking and satisfying moments of a writer’s life. Every author must have felt it – the fulfillment, the pride, that special type of anxiety roiling in your stomach. All the results of your hard – but well worth it – work. But before you rush […]
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Look at the cover for any book by a hugely successful author, and you’ll usually notice the author’s name is in larger type than the title of the book itself. Why is that? Because of branding. People are more likely to read a book by an author they like. Yes, the quality of your writing […]
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Many self-published authors don’t realize at first what they’re in for. A traditional publishing house will at least help you with marketing, promotion, and sales – but when you decide to take on the mantle of the publisher, it all falls down to you. Writers don’t tend to be natural salespeople, and too often for […]
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