This week! Books! I have been notified that is nearly the end of November, and next week we will be celebrating Thanksgiving here in the United States. Accordingly, the blog will be on a brief hiatus next week, but I’ll be checking email so please feel free to reach out to me if you need […]
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Cliches are a missed opportunity to add voice (query critique)
If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in the discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this […]
No one is taking your spot
When I have consultation calls with straight white cis writers, there will very often be an almost whispered question where the writer sheepishly asks if publishers still want books by people like them. They see so many agents and editors calling for books by diverse authors. Is their book dead on arrival? The authors I […]
Chelsea Green sues Elizabeth Warren (This week in books)
This week! Books! Publisher Chelsea Green sued Senator Elizabeth Warren on First Amendment grounds for writing a letter to Amazon warning them about the role their search algorithm was playing in promoting books that spread COVID misinformation ($ link). Chelsea Green says they don’t have proof that Amazon demoted them, but they believe they did. […]
Don’t overstuff your sentences (page critique)
If you’d like to nominate your own page or query for a public critique, kindly post them here in our discussion forums: Nominate Your First Page for a Critique on the Blog Nominate Your Query for a Critique on the Blog Also, if you’d like to test your editing chops, keep your eye on this area or this area! […]
When describing characters, think more about capturing presence than details
One of the most remarkable things about reading novels and stories from the 1800s is the languid and comprehensive way writers describe characters. Writers like Herman Melville and Nathaniel Hawthorne spend a great deal of energy on precise and evocative detail about even minor characters (and not just because they were often paid by the […]
