7 Mistakes Rookie Writers Make
I’m not saying I’m perfect. In fact, I’ve made most of these rookie mistakes myself. And I wish someone had laid it on the line before I first put my…
Fall in Love with Your Characters
It is said that an author has to “fall in love” a little with his or her characters. That certainly happened to me, and it’s why I extended my first…
How to Critique and Be Critiqued
You may have heard the adage, “Nobody lives in a vacuum.” Well, you can apply that to writing, too. If you write a book, congratulate yourself, and then upload it…
10 Tips for a Great Book Cover
I was about to write a snotty 59-character tweet: “I can tell by your book cover that you are self-published.” However I believe it’s better to be helpful than snotty….
Author Blindness and a Trick to Edit Better
Yes, I just coined the term “author blindness.” It’s that inability to catch errors in your manuscript because you’ve read it too many times. This phenomenon tends to manifest at…
10 Things Writers Can Learn from Star Trek
I’ve had the pleasure of watching Star Trek (The Original Series) for the first time in my life. Even though it originally aired while I was alive, I was too…