When to Use Adverbs and When Not To

Adverbs aren’t the evil everyone thinks they are, but they can contribute to lazy writing if you’re not careful.

Dashes are not hyphens, and hyphens are not dashes. How can you tell them apart? And how are they used?

Why are beta readers so important? In fact, what do they even do? And what shouldn’t they do?

Plagiarism: Yes, It's Always Wrong

Taking someone’s work and passing it off as your own is never a good idea.

Preptober and NaNoWriMo

National Novel Writing Month is kind of a big deal for writers all over the world. But true progress is all in the preparation.

What Makes a Reader Stop Reading?

There are certain book issues I can’t overlook—those things that make me say, “ENOUGH!”

Sometimes I Just Want My Book to Be a Book

Reading a book simply for pleasure is NOT a waste of time.

Those !@#$%^&* Dialogue Tags

Expressive, excessive dialogue tags can be bothersome at best, cringeworthy at worst.

Writing Readable, Believable Dialogue

Written dialogue should sound as natural as spoken dialogue. Why do we make it so difficult for ourselves?

What It Really Means to Kill Your Darlings

Sometimes, you have to let go of what’s good to make room for what’s best.

There’s a lot of great information out there, so why is nobody reading your book?

If you’ve ever read a book that seemed to throw an overabundance of details at you all at once, you’ve most likely experienced an info dump.

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