When eBooks appeared on the map, there was a blast. But the biggest consequence was that indie writers didn’t need to wait for a publishing house to choose their book – goodbye rejection letters, right? Best of all, now you don’t need a lot of money to pay to self-publish. You could do it online, which costs very little. So, as a result, it would be easy to assume that … [Read more...] about 5 Manuscript Errors That Are Hampering Your Chances of Getting Published
Fiction
5 Signs That Your Protagonist is Unlikable
Some stories are driven by antiheroes. Other stories are driven by protagonists whose morale is of a dubious, gray nature. There are as many types of protagonists as stories. There is no need to go into that. What we are focusing on today is all the signs that show that your protagonist is developing to be unlikable – and when a character is unlikable, he or she is definitely … [Read more...] about 5 Signs That Your Protagonist is Unlikable
5 Book Genres Authors Should Consider Writing in 2016
If you've been contemplating what genre sells the most books, its important to understand that popular genres come and go, but there are some genres that seem to be constantly popular. Stories of the genres we’ve mentioned in this article seem to draw readers over and over again, year after year. Remember, the readers always want more stories that belong in the genres we’ve … [Read more...] about 5 Book Genres Authors Should Consider Writing in 2016
How to Write Paranormal Fiction
A male vampire and a human girl meet at school, and their relationship continues as a complex friendship and love. Does this sound familiar? This is the story of Twilight written by Stephenie Meyer. Twilight belongs to the paranormal genre of fiction. If you wish to write paranormal fiction, then your novel must contain magic or supernatural people like vampires or … [Read more...] about How to Write Paranormal Fiction
How to Plan a Series of Books
Writing a series can be difficult – but it can also be the best work you will produce as a writer. Readers love reading series because there is something incredibly beautiful in joining the same set of characters on a new adventure. Publishers love series too because each installment after the first one will have a fan base. And writers love them because there is a joy in … [Read more...] about How to Plan a Series of Books