Tag Archive for: Romance authors
Fiction Writing Blues: Why Book Editors Reject Manuscripts
Why do book editors reject manuscripts? As a fiction-writing coach, I'm asked that question a lot.
Most authors are baffled by the vague correspondence that book editors send. For example: "Thank you for the opportunity to read (Title of…
Career Killer: Sometimes Your First Book Shouldn’t Be Published
Sometimes your first book shouldn't be published.
Long before I was writing novels that sell, my first published mentor took me under her wing. After reading my manuscript for the first time, she sat me down in a public restaurant to teach…
Beware the Trolls: Never Let Anyone Crush Your Writing Dream
As a college freshman, I was excited to make the cut in my first Creative Writing course. I was the youngest student in a class full of juniors and seniors. My goal, even then, was to write commercial book-length fiction – particularly Romance…