Over the last few weeks we’ve looked at how and when to assemble your beta squad, but that only helps you if you’re the writer. Today…
Fantasy Author, Fiction Editor, and Self-Publishing Mentor
Over the last few weeks we’ve looked at how and when to assemble your beta squad, but that only helps you if you’re the writer. Today…
“Editors always tell novice writers that the first few pages of a manuscript are crucial in the publishing process — and it’s true. If an…
Now that you know how to find your squad, it’s time to look at when to assemble your loyal betas. I know the tempting…
Just the word ‘marketing’ sends nervous shivers down the backs of many authors. It’s something you know you need to do – something really quite…
Welcome to the new series, friends! 🙂 This one is all about beta reading. If you’ve missed anything in my series about world building, or…
Writing a book comes with many challenges. You might struggle with character development, with consistency, or with repetitions which seem to sneak into your draft…
I instantly fall in love when I pick up a new fantasy book and there’s a map at the front. Chances are I’ll buy it,…
Naming places in my WIP is hard. I don’t mean whole countries, I usually struggle alright through those (more detail in a bit), but towns…
I don’t know about you, but the word ‘history’ always reminds me of high school where the same stuff was repeated every year, and where one sentence…
Creating a whole world from scratch is easily one of my favourite parts of being an author – but it’s also one of the trickiest…