Freelance Writers: How to Stay Focused on Developing Your Writing CareerThis is a guest post by Suzanne Lieurance. One question I hear over and over again from the writing students I coach is, “How do I get focused and stay that way?” That’s a good question. Even seasoned professional freelancers have trouble staying focus … |
Freelance Writing for NewspapersThis is a guest post by Amber McNaught. For the full-time freelance writer, the newspaper industry is one of the easiest, if not always the most lucrative markets to break into. Think about it: newspapers require new content every day, or every week. T … |
Seven Ways to Inject Suspense into Your NovelThis is a guest post by Lynette Rees. Certain genres are renowned for being more suspenseful than others: horror, crime fiction and romantic suspense, but each and every book, no matter whether it’s an Historical Romance or a Paranormal Fantasy, HAS to … |
How To Bring Your Novel Alive Through Story & Self EditingThis is a guest post by Maxine E. Thompson. As a story editor, when I work with new writers, I often find they tend to gloss over the painful parts of their novels. When a character gets cancer, two pages later, the character is dead. A woman has a chi … |