Need help merging exposition into your story in an engaging manner? Maybe this post can help you!

Hi, four people who read my blog! I’ve got another treat for you today. This was sent to me via, well, my pretty good brain when I found it online somewhere....

So, I thought it would be “fun” to start a new category in which we imagine a world where the Trump administration has somewhat of a competent editor (don’t ...

Ok, so this might be another short post, but I’ve had a series of manuscripts lately (some very well-written by very skilled writers) that either have tediou...

This will be a short entry. I just want to rant about this for a moment. Yes, The Chicago Manual of Style has a sort of shitty recommendation for this. It ba...

Are you struggling with getting that tense scene just right? Or perhaps the basic building blocks of constructing an exceptional story simple elude you. Mayb...

Have you ever read your work and thought to yourself: This isn’t right? This reads terribly. The flow’s off and the sentences are bulky. Well, there is a sol...

Is your book too short? Were you perhaps shooting for 50,000 words and ended up with 30k? That sucks. We’ve all been there. You may want to ask me what the s...

The years I have spent content editing have taught me that there are near-universal mistakes many authors (experienced or first-time; traditionally or self-p...

I don’t know why I thought it was appropriate to write about this, and I have no idea whether you’ll find it interesting or not, but I figured I might as wel...

Do you Know Some Big Words? Do you possess, in your linguistic arsenal, a bountiful supply of ostentatious colloquialisms and a general amount of superior ve...

TLDR: Be able to see things from many perspectives, not just your own. It’s time! You’ve finally sat down to write that Great American Novel that’s been swis...

TLDR: because it sucks. It's a bit harsh of a thing to say, especially when many aspiring authors are very guarded and nervous about the quality of their wor...