Best-selling author Glendy Vanderah (Where the Forest Meets the Stars) quickly pulls readers into this heart-breaking yet redemptive tale about love, loss, and the healing power of nature. Dealing with devastating news and distracted by her two young sons, Ellis Bauhammer leaves her baby daughter ...
5 Ways to Find Great Comp Titles
Photo by Susan Q Yin on Unsplash As I write this, I have yet to nail down comp titles for my current work in progress. In fact, finding comp titles has been so frustrating that I decided to write an article about it instead. Hopefully my procrastination brings clarity to your own ...
7 Ways to Sharpen Your Prose
Photo by Jess Bailey on Unsplash When I finished the first draft of my first novel (women's fiction), it was 135,000 words. Eeeek. For those of you not familiar with the genre, women's fiction should fall between 70k - 100k, and even 100k is a stretch. That's probably fair ...
Pulling back the curtain: how to read like a writer
Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash A good book sweeps you off your feet. You get so caught up in it that the messy house disappears, you forget you have children, and you end up with a dehydration headache and a stiff back. That’s what you want, right? (To be swept into the ...
What makes us care about characters?
Photo by Helena Lopes on Unsplash I'm sure every blog on fiction writing has covered how to make readers care about characters. But recently I started thinking about specific characters and the reasons why we love them. All the best-loved characters in literature (and TV and movies, too)—why, and ...
