Happy September, readers! These past few months, I've been on a half-hiatus that I called a Summer Scale Back, during which I shifted to...

If you want to pursue the traditional publishing route and be signed by a literary agent, you're going to need a query letter to formally...

As you will often see me say on the blog, there is no singular approach to writing. We all have methods that work perfectly for us and...

A key part of revising a book is making the tough cuts. You might be an overwriter who needs to trim the fat from their story or drop...

Using "said" in your writing isn't a sin. As for "said is dead," it's a guideline that's often misinterpreted as a hard and fast rule.

Unless you've got friends like Harper Lee's who are in a position to pool together a Christmas gift of one year's salary so you can write...