by Katie McCoach | Mar 20, 2014 | Author Tips, Editing, NaNoWriMo, Writing
You’ve finished the first draft of your novel, now it’s time for revisions. We know that you’ll need a professional editor soon, but before that, what can you do on your own? Revisions need to start somewhere, so here are a few options for editing your own work: Take...
by Katie McCoach | Mar 7, 2014 | Author Tips, Writing
Imagine you are sitting amongst fellow writers in a workshop class or critique group. You’ve just finished reading your work and this group is providing constructive criticism. You are nervous, of course, we understand. This writing is a piece of you—anything you...
by Katie McCoach | Feb 20, 2014 | Author Tips, Publishing, Writing
This question has been asked hundreds, even thousands of times over the last few years, and today with the self-publishing market as strong as it is, it’s a good question to STILL be asking. Should you self-publish or go the traditional route? And how do you...
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 | 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...