by Anna Johnstone | Oct 22, 2017 | Blog, Reblogged
There has been a lot of disturbing news recently about how Kindle is treating its authors. Cases include books having their ranks stripped without warning, and even whole catalogues being removed. More disturbing is that Amazon appears to be denying their authors any...
by | Nov 24, 2016 | Advice, Reblogged
Want to know the most important thing about writing dialogue in fiction? If it sounds like a conversation you’d hear in the real world, you’ve gone horribly wrong somewhere. Seriously. The next time you’re on a crowded bus or sitting by yourself in a...
by | Nov 23, 2016 | Advice, Reblogged
More great advice from Anne R. Allen Let’s face it: first chapters are hard. When you’re writing your first draft, you’re writing for yourself—getting to know your characters and their world. You should let everything spill out on the page free of your inner editor’s...
by | Nov 20, 2016 | Advice, Blog, Reblogged
There are certain storytelling clichés writers go back to again and again. And they shouldn’t. Because they are terrible, and they need to be destroyed. Source: Top 10 Storytelling Cliches Writers Need To Stop Using | LitReactor
by | Oct 18, 2016 | Advice, Reblogged
Before you hire an editor, you need to know what kind of help you’re looking for. 10 Things Your Freelance Editor Might Not Tell You—But Should This post offers excellent advice to new writers. Read it. Save it. Keep referring back to it but to summarise. Avoid the...
