I don't recall anyone saying anything about it specifically but people seemed to like it.
People do all kinds of stupid stuff. In my critique group, one author took the unpublished work of another author and released it as far and wide...
You don't "call" it anything. You build it to fit within a genre, complete with all of the genre expectations that readers want.
The people who are going to pirate your book were never potential customers to begin with. They were never going to give you any money. What...
There is nothing anyone can do about it, there's no point in being upset.
They don't want stuff that the general public has access to. That's not true here. They're looking for the right of first publication. You've...
If you want to go traditional, you'll need an agent. Keep in mind that for virtually everyone, the first book that you complete, it's not going to...
Someone correct me if I'm wrong because I know this is true elsewhere, but typically, workshops and places for posting your work are restricted...
Can someone? Sure. Why would anyone want to? Because here's the harsh truth. The vast majority of things posted on places like Wattpad are crap....
I have the entire series plotted, in general, before I start writing the first book. If you don't know where you're going, you're going to have a...
If you're looking to sell a book, you need to be aware of the market conditions ahead of time and be writing for a specific audience. You need to...
Professional writers treat it like a job because it is. It doesn't matter if you want to get up and go to work, you still do it because that's how...
It happens. I realized, in the last couple of chapters of a book, that one of the main characters had to betray everyone else. I'd never...
When you are consistently doing more than your goal, raise your goal and hold yourself accountable. Pushing yourself is the only way to improve.
You have a sentence, maybe two, to hook your reader. Honestly, walk into a bookstore and read the back covers of successful novels in your genre...
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