Have we writers been seduced by the belief that we must suffer until we find the single project that will launch us to stardom?

Perhaps this has happened to you: you’ve just given a friend the latest chapter of your work-in-progress and asked for their honest feedback.

Just as dialogue has many roles to play in your manuscript, it has many rules regarding punctuation and formatting—rules that can be confusing! But don’t worry, this copy editor is here to help you figure them out.

Already behind on your 2022 writing goals? Check out these tips on how to set realistic, attainable goals.

It’s National Hunt for Happiness week, and I’m trying to figure out what that means. At the same time, agents and editors are adding “joy” to their #MSWLs for 2022, and booksellers are ordering more cozy mysteries, romance, and uplifting historical fiction to their shelves, according to The Bookseller website.

‘Tis the season to be…honestly, a little punchy. We’ve been working our elfing tales off (TALES. Get it? A little editor humor for you there. Hey, we said we were punchy) and fending off the holiday-time-off distractions for as long as humanly possible.

Nervous to hire an editor? This post breaks down why there’s a stigma around it, and the reasons you should!

An antagonist and a villain: a distinction without a difference? Think again.

So much of what makes a good book—or movie or song or piece of art—good is that the finished product seems effortless.

YA literature is ripe with characters that teenagers identify with: high schoolers struggling with first love, depression, and environmental anxiety, athletes trying to make the varsity soccer team, runaways searching for connection…

I used to dread writing query blurbs for my novels. Now I love it. What changed? I realized that a good query follows a formula. Choose the formula that works best for you, and you’ll whip up a blurb in no time.

Struggling with a sluggish protagonist? Are they avoiding instead of acting? Try these tips to get them moving.

When I thought about writing a series, the first thing I did was ask myself these three questions. And I HAD to be honest with myself about the answers.

I often hear from clients that they are writing a series or hoping their first book will become a series. I understand it. You spend all this time with a group of characters, molding their lives, following them from heartbreak to victory. It’s hard to let go.

Learn tips and tricks to care for your hands and arms while you type.