by Kate Sullivan
One of the most crucial elements of great fiction is great dialogue. You can write a novel with no dialogue, but it gets very avant garde very quickly—and if that’s not what you’re going for, then you’re going to need your characters to talk to each other, at least...
by Kate Sullivan
There are a lot of myths surrounding being a writer. The biggest and most dangerous is that we have to suffer for our art. This “misery myth” holds that writers are moody, fragile, flighty, and prone to bouts of depression—and that we need those things in order to be...
by Kate Sullivan
Life isn’t just in the real world anymore. We hang out in virtual chat rooms, our “friends” on various social networks are often people we’ve never seen in person, and we can build entire communities that span the globe with just the click of a mouse. It’s pretty...
by Kate Sullivan
Ahh, spring. A time of renewal and new beginnings. A time of budding plants, fragrant flowers, and sunshine. A time of cleaning everything in sight. For many of us, spring means spring cleaning—the one time of year we actually get off our butts and try to make a dent...
by Kate Sullivan
Amazon can be an indie author’s best friend. It can also be insanely frustrating and confusing. Take the Amazon bestseller lists, for example. One of the best ways to exponentially increase the momentum of your book is to make it onto a bestseller list—and with hourly...
