Monday Musings: How Chance Changes Writing
I’ve been MIA for a while, haven’t I? Well, after April’s A to Z I needed a bit of a break. Also, I moved. (Yes, again…) Today, I’m going to talk about chance. It affects writing—and life—in so many...
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Favorite Summer Vacation Spot Blog Hop
I’m taking part in the Favorite Summer Vacation Spot Blog Hop! My favorite summer spot is actually a place I visited in December. But it was December in Australia, so that’s summer, right? Right....
View ArticleIs a Publishing Career For You?
A career in the publishing world is really unique. Writers and bookish people in general are—usually—interested at the publishing career. Maybe you’re not sure if you really want to go after it, or...
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Celebrating The Small Things—Timon
Celebrate The Small Things is hosted by Lexa Cain. It’s a weekly meme that happens every Friday where you celebrate something that happened throughout the week. Whether it’s a writing celebration, life...
View ArticleMonday Musing: Audiobooks (+ Free Audiobooks!)
A friend of mine told me about Audio Book Sync the other day, which is a program that gives away 2 audiobooks a week during the summer. One current YA title (yay!) and one classic title. This got me...
View ArticleOn Men Writing Female Characters
I’ve noticed an odd trend—I don’t even think it’s really a trend, I think this is a norm—of men writing female characters. I think I understand why they do it. They know that a majority of readers are...
View Article5 Simple Ways to Support Authors
We all love authors here, right? Right. There’s a lot simple, quick, no-cost ways to support authors you love. The obvious answer is buying the author’s book, but these are also really helpful things...
View ArticleHow To Give A Critique
If you’re in the writing world, it’s pretty likely you’ll have to learn how to give a critique. Most of us have beta reader/critique partner (CP) relationships that are vital to us. I only know of one...
View ArticleWriting Reality: Yes You Really Need To Read
You’d be shocked—or maybe you wouldn’t—by how many people think they can be a writer and write an amazing book without really being a reader. I can tell usually when someone is an avid reader or when...
View ArticleOn Being Zen With Writing
That’s right—I went there. We’re going to talk about being zen. I’m not a yogi, and I’m not particularly into the New Age life style. But I do whole heartedly believe in positive thinking. I remember...
View ArticleWhat I Learned from my #PitchWars’ Slush Pile
So, the submission and consideration portion of #PitchWars is over! Now all of us mentors have made our mentee announcements (and Wild Cards!!). I honestly do wish I could’ve picked more, since I had...
View Article10 Questions to Ask When You Get An Offer of Representation
I am often contacted when someone gets an offer of representation from my agent, Carrie, or anyone from Prospect Agency (I’m always happy to recommend people to Prospect, btw!). This has happened...
View Article5 Myths About Having An Agent
There are a lot of myths about what happens to writers once they get literary agents, and these are the 5 I hear most frequently. My point for dispelling them isn’t to depress authors aspiring to have...
View Article5 Hard Truths About Breaking Into Publishing
This post, just to clarify, is for breaking into publishing as a career, not a writer. There’s a lot of hard truths about breaking into publishing as a writer too, but there’s a lot of posts out there...
View ArticleChanges, Changes, Changes
September has been a really good month for me. I’m fully booked freelance-wise up until end of November (which means it’s the perfect time to book in December for your NaNoWriMo project). I got to...
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2 Quick Signs of Passive Voice & How to Fix It
Passive voice is a very real problem for writers. This is true for both beginners and pros alike. All of us find passive voice in our early drafts–but if you are new to writing, you might not be able...
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Writing Productivity for a Busy Schedule
Nowadays, most everyone has a side hustle. Whether that’s writing on top of a day job or parenthood or creating jewelry and selling it on etsy. We are the generation of side hustles. We don’t generally...
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5 Types of Edits & Critiques Writers Need to Know
There are many types of critiques and edits in the publishing industry, and sometimes it can be difficult to tell the difference. Or even know the true meaning of a certain critique (line edit is often...
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Tarot Card Reading for the New Year
Tarot Tuesday is a new series I’m running, where every other Tuesday, I will post about tarot–lessons about the cards, interesting historical tidbits, and reading advice! The first post for Tarot...
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5 Tips on Becoming A Freelance Editor
I get asked about this a lot — how did you become a freelance editor? So I decided to write a post on the most important tips I have to offer on this subject. It is not easy becoming a freelance...
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