Violence vs Too-Much-Violence
There’s no avoiding it: violence sells. From video games to movies to books, human on human conflict is a tantalizing plot device, and we humans
“Show, don’t tell.” You’ve heard it before – maybe from a writing teacher, a beta reader, or a well-meaning comment on a draft. It’s a phrase that gets repeated so often, it can start to feel like white noise. But what does it actually mean? And more importantly: what does it look like in practice?...
The Importance of Copy Editing for the Indie Author
As every independently published author is aware, gaining traction nowadays in an arena flooded with books is hard. With services providing professional covers to well-written