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Four Tips for Developing Your Voice As A Writer

Something that I often hear in the writing world is that the one thing that can’t be taught is “voice” in writing. That although you can get better at almost every aspect of writing, voice is something that you just have to have. And for a long time, that terrified me. I was pretty positiveContinue reading “Four Tips for Developing Your Voice As A Writer”

Why You Need External Conflict In Your Story and How to Add It

If you’ve ever a read a book where you got halfway through and it felt like things were still getting set up, that might be a result of a lack of external tension. I recently got feedback from a beta reader for my WIP The Sound of Everything, and it turned out I had thisContinue reading “Why You Need External Conflict In Your Story and How to Add It”

3 Tips for Writing When You Don’t Have Much Time

In every author’s dream, we have hours upon hours to idle away in a coffee shop, writing and reading and daydreaming about characters. In reality, however, many of us have day jobs, school, family to take care of, or a dozen other responsibilities that demand our time and attention. This leaves us with precious littleContinue reading “3 Tips for Writing When You Don’t Have Much Time”

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How To Find the Perfect Designer, Editor, and More: Self-Publishing Guide for Beginners (Part 4)

So, you’ve read the previous post, and you know what you’re going to pay for and what you’ll do yourself. But how do you find someone to hire? How do you make sure they’re any good?

How to Make Time to Write

When people hear that I’m publishing a book, one of the most common questions I get is “How do you find time to write??” It’s not really one of the questions I expected to hear so much once people in my real life found out I’ve written a book, but I realized that’s mostly becauseContinue reading “How to Make Time to Write”

What to Pay for and What to Do Yourself: Self-Publishing Guide for Beginners (Part 3)

If you look at self-published books on Amazon, there is an astonishing variety of quality, to be frank. Some look like they could compete against traditionally published books. Others appear to be lumps of words someone wrote in a hurry and then uploaded immediately afterward. The key difference between these is what the author paidContinue reading “What to Pay for and What to Do Yourself: Self-Publishing Guide for Beginners (Part 3)”