This week, Melodie Campbell offers advice on how to save that sagging middle in your novel while Penny Sansevieri shows you how to optimize your Amazon Author Central page.
Jennie Nash provides a short checklist of common mistakes that might land your manuscript in the rejection pile and Jami Gold explores how our characters can drive the narrative—despite our best laid plans.
Esther Jones extols the benefits of reading SF and fantasy, Julie Glover defends the practice of editing as you go, and Donald Maass helps us to understand how to develop a meaningful narrative.
All that and a little more. Enjoy!
My Novel is as Mess: How to Survive the Chaos Point in Your Novel by Melodie Campbell via Anne R. Allen
Science Fiction Builds Mental Resiliency in Young Readers by Esther Jones
5 Quick Fixes for Making the Most of Author Central (and Why it Should be a Top Priority) by Penny Sansevieri
Do Your Characters Take on a Life of Their Own? by Jami Gold
In Defense of Editing as You Go by Julie Glover
The Secret to More Efficient Revision: Pattern Recognition by Jennie Nash
The Meaning of Meaning by Donald Maass
The Art of Condensing an Entire Book into a Brief Sales Pitch by Florence Osmund
Six Common Problems with Short Stories by Oren Ashkenazi
The Rich Can’t Hide from a Plague. Just Ask Edgar Allan Poe by Maya Phillips