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This November, I did not partake in NaNoWriMo. Last year I started working on a new series with the working title of Ash. Instead of starting a brand-new book, I decided to continue where I left off with this manuscript. Of course, from 2020 November to 2021 November,...
We're into day 377 of Alberta's two-week flatten the curve plan. Now, entering the fourth month of 2021, we are in a warm spell – woohoo! Previously in February and January, Alberta experienced record-breaking cold temperatures. It was truly intense, even for us...
I have mentioned in previous years that January, February, and March are my favourite months of the entire year. Unlike other months, most people are on a down-low from the holiday hype and don't have much money. Plus, Alberta it is super cold, and businesses are...
By J.J. Reichenbach As an editor, I read a lot of first chapters and coach authors on what does and doesn’t need to be included in them. The rules vary a little bit depending on which genre you’re writing in (for example, literary works are allowed a much slower pace...
Do you have an event coming up? A book reading, launch, or signing? Great! Now we need to discuss your book event promotion. How are you going to get people to know about it? We briefly chatted about this in two previous blog posts, What To Do at a Book Launch and The...
Only three weeks away from the YEGman launch! That is not a relevant statement to what this month’s Unprocessed Thoughts is about, but I had to get that out of my system. The launch date is creeping up on me because time, in the traditional sense, is a myth and my...
By: Kelly Charron, Author of thrillers Pretty Wicked and Wicked Fallout The goal of page one in any written piece is to grab the reader’s attention. The million-dollar question is how do you successfully do that? It helps to have a great understanding of what genre...
Something that every author should do is plan in advanced when it comes to submitting, publishing and marketing your novels. Creating an author year plan will allow you to take advantage of major events and book flights, or time off work to prepare for them. Often it...
Let’s face it, when writing there is a lot of stuff to keep track of. You have to fact-check, keep consistency with places, times, descriptions and events. This becomes even more complex when you are working on genre fiction like fantasy or science fiction because you...
