Rob Dircks posted a great article over at Goldfinch Publishing , titled How I Sold, 1,000 copies of my book in three months There's a great video to go along with the post as well (embedded at the bottom of this post). Here are the steps he took (summarized with ...

If you haven't heard, I've been building a web app for writers called BetaBooks . The idea is pretty simple: upload your manuscript, send it to your readers just by entering their email address, and receive all their feedback in one super-organized and searchable place. In my parallel lives as ...

Recently a writer friend told me he was having trouble figuring out how to end a chapter. "It just ends," he said. "I feel like every chapter fizzles out at the end." I read some of his stuff, and saw what he meant. I offered the following advice, and if ...

Something I picked up from the Story Grid : Let's say you have a scene that is straightforward or obvious, totally expected for your genre. For example, if this was a love story or romantic comedy, let's imagine that your POV character is a girl who is at a wedding ...

Anyone who writes a lot must also spend a lot of time proofreading. But if you're anything like me, you probably find it hard to see the flaws in your own work. I've found two tricks that help me a lot. The first trick is sort of boring: just give ...