Indie Authors: Curious About Setting Up Direct Sales for Your Books?
You’ve heard that old saw about not putting all your eggs in one basket, yeah? I mean, it makes perfect sense. You don’t want to
You’ve heard that old saw about not putting all your eggs in one basket, yeah? I mean, it makes perfect sense. You don’t want to
But for authors and freelancers like us, who make their living on a keyboard, that’s like a quarterback blowing out his knee. Only most of
A clever play on words can draw attention in a good way, but you don’t want anything to detract from your story. And nothing can yank a discerning reader out of a book quicker than heaving beasts or the flow of hair through fabric.
Voice. Authors have to cultivate it—it’s one of the major things that builds reader loyalty, especially in a saturated market. But what exactly do people mean when they talk about an author’s voice, usually in statements like these:
On my way into town this morning, a song came on the radio and part of the lyrics were “everything I’ve dreamed for.” I also
Whatever your character is doing isn’t working. Time to change tactics. There’s also a similar phrase—to change tack. But the two words—tack and tactic—are actually
You may be wondering if there’s a difference between a spoonful of sugar or a spoon full of sugar. The same applies to roomful, forkful,
Grammar: Commas with Relative Clauses That versus which perplexes a lot of people. First things first—let’s talk about restrictive versus nonrestrictive clauses. A relative clause
If you’re new to self-publishing, you might not know exactly what to expect as you go through the editing and production process. This is true
You may have wondered about the tools editors use. A dictionary is probably the first thing that comes to mind. But which one? A grammar