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Making your Character Shine from Page One

June 27, 2016

Making your Character Shine from Page One

June 27, 2016

Welcome Kate Foster, who is here to offer valuable tips on how to get readers to fall in love with your characters right from the first page. Plot and characters…

Six Rules that Keep Critique Partnerships Golden

May 10, 2016

Six Rules that Keep Critique Partnerships Golden

May 10, 2016

Please help me welcome author Dee Romito who has a few “rules” to make sure critique partner relationships stay healthy and function as they should. Six Rules that Keep Critique…

Why Scripts Are Rejected: 10 Screenwriting Errors To Avoid

February 16, 2016

Why Scripts Are Rejected: 10 Screenwriting Errors To Avoid

February 16, 2016

Norman Arvidsson joins us today to talk about common screenwriting mistakes. Are You Committing These 10 Screenwriting Errors? 90% of the scripts registered with the WGA are never completely read…

Mastering the Cliffhanger Chapter Ending

January 6, 2016

Mastering the Cliffhanger Chapter Ending

January 6, 2016

Rebecca Belliston is here to share how to end a chapter on a cliffhanger that will keep readers write the cliffhanger effectively., flipping pages! One of the best things an…

How to Decide How Many POV Characters Our Book Needs

November 18, 2015

How to Decide How Many POV Characters Our Book Needs

November 18, 2015

Marcy Kennedy is here with some excellent metrics to consider when planning a novel and choosing how many POV characters to include. One of the most common challenges for us…

The Fatal Flaw of Underwriting

November 16, 2015

The Fatal Flaw of Underwriting

November 16, 2015

Hi everyone–I hope you had a terrific weekend and are in the mood to learn. Today I’m handing over the blog keys to Rachel Starr Thomson, one of the editors…

You vs. Yourself: Defeating the Self-Doubt Slump

September 9, 2015

You vs. Yourself: Defeating the Self-Doubt Slump

September 9, 2015

Sometimes, amidst the excitement of a new project and a new season, worries creep in and threaten to steal our joy. Can I do this? What makes me think I’m qualified? Will…

5 Tips for Success as a Self-Published Author

August 18, 2015

5 Tips for Success as a Self-Published Author

August 18, 2015

Susan Kaye Quinn is one of the original indie authors and she’s here with some terrific advice on how to self-publish successfully. Read on! Can you spot the self-published titles?…

Top Tips for Writing Multiple POV Novels

March 12, 2015

Top Tips for Writing Multiple POV Novels

March 12, 2015

Lisa Gail Green is here to offer some thoughts on writing multiple POVs. This is a route some authors go, but handling more than one protagonist is not easy. Lisa’s…

The Secret to Creating a Really Good Bad Guy

March 5, 2015

The Secret to Creating a Really Good Bad Guy

March 5, 2015

By CS Lakin Don’t you just love to hate really great bad guys in novels? A list of the most intriguing villains in literature includes characters such as Moriarty in…