Can you help me make sure my first chapter is ready to query or self-publish? Hi everyone! This week we are going to take a look at an anonymous fellow author's first chapter. I am looking at this as an agent who is seeing this in their slush pile, and as an editor, polishing it … Continue reading Literary Q&A: First Chapter Final Editing (Series #9)
Question: I'm editing my book, but what do I do with tags? This week an author friend of mine expressed some confusion on the topic of tags in his novel. I asked, Is your issue with tag punctuation, the difference between action tags and dialogue tags, acceptable dialogue tags, or something else? I could go … Continue reading Literary Q&A: What Good Writers Know About Tags (Series #4)
Hello all! First, I have two promos to share with you. They are both on Bookfunnel. Click on the photos to jump to the sale. Today's post is a casting net. I need your input again authors. I'd like to do another question/answer series for the blog through October. First, I want to know all … Continue reading Journey to a Bestseller: Tell Me Everything YOU Need to be a Successful Writer (Series #46)
Good sunday everyone! To be honest, I didn't have a subject for today's post. I was trying to think of writing advice I could give you. So far I've talked about world-building, plot points, researching, high concept ideas, connecting with unlikeable characters, breaking up info dumps, writing for your market, writing that agents want, en … Continue reading Journey to a Bestseller: Quotes, Italics, Semicolons and Clauses (Series #43)
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Hello everyone! Despite a week packed with things to do, I was super productive and it feels so good. As I said last week, the writing of our "bestseller" is on hold for another month or so (I told my betas they would get it sometime in September). So, we … Continue reading The Journey to a Bestseller: Padding the Plot and Punctuation (Series #8)
