“Right, let’s keep buttering him up with compliments, especially everytime we want to flash him his minimal profit margin… You know we can’t lose him. Keep him high on that horse; this season’s indicators strongly lean towards a bull run,…
Why am I aware of everything at once but nothing at all. There’s a lovely woman seated across from me, who I’m supposed to be keeping company. I should be engrossed with the words coming out of her mouth, yet I…
When you read the backstories of prominent fiction writers today, you realize that a good number of them share the same reasons or factors that drove them to fiction writing; you might even recognize these factors yourself: In the first…
The allure of good fiction is in the process of its creation. For the writer, writing fiction is a creative escapade involving ideation, character development, crafting dialogues, and world building among others. For the reader, good fiction is a captivating…
A Ghostwriter is someone who does the writing in an author’s stead. There are many reasons to hire a ghostwriter: You don’t have the time or the expertise: Call to mind your favorite Movie or book, a masterpiece that had…
Knowledge of the Publisher’s House Style Editorial Discretion Your editor should be experienced enough to know when to “suggest” an edit (in the case of figures of speech, idiomatic usage, or writer style). Or, when to make an edit (grammatical…
I lay wide awake in bed, heavy with exhaustion but unable to slip away. The wailing kept me awake—an unsettling sound so broken and hollow, like a woman in excruciating pain; it seemed as if someone was seeking an end,…
The relationship between characters in your book holds the story together, think of it as threads holding seams. Readers fall in love with character relationships, it gives them something to appreciate as they read your book. Creating bonds between your…