by Katie McCoach | Feb 13, 2014 | Author Tips, Editing, Publishing, Writing
If you are a writer you are most likely familiar with the feeling that your writing is your “baby”. You treasure your writing—that poem, that book, that essay—it is a piece of you, it is you. But, if you wish to share that piece of you with the world, then you open...
by Katie McCoach | Jan 16, 2014 | Reflection
This post originally appeared on the Superstition Review website: http://superstitionreview.asu.edu/ in April 2013. I wanted to share this post here for anyone currently in high school or college, or even out of college, trying to find their way into the right job, or...
by Katie McCoach | Dec 19, 2013 | Guest Blogs, Reflection
Today I have the honor of hosting guest blogger, Meaghan Gallant of invokingjoy.com. In this guest post Meaghan discusses how she will prepare for 2014. How will you? If you are interested in guest blogging on any topics related to publishing, writing, goals, and...
by Katie McCoach | Dec 5, 2013 | Author Tips, Editing, NaNoWriMo, Publishing, Writing
So you’ve completed your 50k words for NaNoWriMo and feel like you will never type again. Now that you have just written a book (holy cow you just wrote a book!) what’s next? Put it away! Do not look at your book, open it, read it, send it to anyone, etc. Put that...
by Katie McCoach | Nov 14, 2013 | Author Tips, Editing, Publishing, Writing
I’ve been fortunate enough in that many of my clients are already aware of developmental editing and why it’s important for their work, however this is not always going to be the case. Many authors, even self-published ones, still underestimate the importance of a...