by Cole Salao
Suspense is the worry or anticipation that you feel when reading and you don’t know what’s going to happen next. It’s one very effective way to hook a reader’s attention. Make them anxious. Make them worry. Make them curious. The end goal is to keep them flipping...
by Kaelyn Barron |
You know that feeling when you realize the song lyrics you’ve been belting out at the top of your lungs are totally off-base? Sometimes the words you substituted make perfect sense, and sometimes they’re just plain wacky. The same thing can happen with...
by Cole Salao
One by one, even the most experienced writers have fallen victim to it. As you stare at a blank screen, you fear it’s your turn. No matter how hard you wrack your brain, the pages remain blank—you’ve contracted writer’s block. The horror! But fear...
by Cole Salao |
Reddit, or the self-proclaimed “front page of the internet,” is a social networking platform that’s essentially a massive collection of discussion boards. There, you’ll find communities called “subreddits,” which focus on subjects...
by Kaelyn Barron |
Although not a requirement, forewords are often found in the front matter of nonfiction books. Some hurried readers might flip past those pages, but there’s actually a lot of value in a well-written foreword, especially for the author and their platform. When...
by Yen Cabag |
The digital world allows for easy access to just about anyone, and authors of today can benefit greatly from this by finding beta readers, or the first batch of readers who can give a lot of helpful feedback before the manuscript is officially published, from around...
