Like any good writer and editor, I am constantly trying to improve my knowledge and understand of story craft. Right
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It’s really cold in my office lately, so I decided to crochet the yarn a friend gave me for Christmas
One of the favorite writing terms that I picked up over the past year is “curiosity seeds.” Curiosity seeds are
For me, the idea of resistance is an important one. As someone who struggles constantly to cross the border from dreaming to accomplishing, being able to conceive of that the struggle as something external and inevitable is reassuring.
As a fantasy novelist and editor, I have spent a lot of time reading books and writing sites to learn
At my writers’ group last night, we reviewed two pieces that suffered from variations of the same flaw: trying to
No matter where you are in the writing process, a developmental editor is a solid investment that will help your book find success.
There’s an old joke among writers about where we get our ideas: an idea of the month club, of
Dropping “suddenly” at the beginning of a sentence is a shorthand way of creating tension due to an unexpected change