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...
As the title says – hire an editor. No ands, ifs, or buts. There, blog post done. You can stop reading now. This is a question that comes up often from aspiring writers, new authors, or in interviews. Perhaps I just hear it more since I’ve gone the self-publishing...
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...
Everyone has a story to tell, whether it is about a faraway land with monsters and elves or exploring their past. The point is, there is a story waiting to be told through each and every one of us. There are many different types of mediums that a story can be...
Check out the Top 7 Tips for Series Writers on Scribbles, Quibbles, & Scrawlings website. There are 7 authors including my contribution. The authors are: Rob Boffard Jenna Greene Konn Lavery Rebekah Raymond Kelly Charron Tyner Gillies Pat Flewwelling Top 7 Tips...
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...
Adam Dreece, Ron S. Friedman and Konn Lavery discuss pursuing your writing dreams. On the last day of the Calgary Comic Expo 2017 three authors get together to discuss how to jump start your writing career. It is a freeform Q&A styled session with questions...
Beth Wagner and Konn Lavery discuss self-publishing novels and comics The first expo of 2017 started off with a bang. I was a part of two panels and four days of costumes, comics and pop culture! It was an opportunity to showcase the new edition of Mental Damnation:...
If you are writing a novel with a lot of unique creatures, worlds, languages or technologies it is highly important to keep track of the lore. Fans love reading into backstory so you want to be sure you are consistent with the history. You can keep track of it through...
