by Anita Stratos, Proof Positive Editor Your book is edited, polished, published, and out there for the world to enjoy. You’ve got it listed on Amazon, its beautiful cover (that you agonized over getting just right) beckoning readers with its siren call, “You want...
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Hired Guns: Paying Someone To Research Your Book
Does it help or hinder your book to hire someone else to do the research? That’s the question of the day. Some editing businesses offer to do writers’ research for them – for a fee, of course. While it may sound good to save yourself all that research time, is it...
Why Freelance Writing is Your Creative Writing Inspiration
by Anita Stratos, Proof Positive editor One thing I’ve noticed about the writing world – it likes to separate itself into groups. I’m not talking about genres. Two of the main groups I’ve noticed are “Writing for Hire” and “Creative Writing”, and members of each can...
Meet Author TC Michael
Author TC Michael describes himself as being "an epic daydreamer with a wild imagination", and nothing could better prove this description than his first full-length novel, Secret of the Last Born. The first in the Dark Rising series, Michael mixes common fables and...
Intention vs. Reality in Writing
“But Your Honor, I intended to help that little old lady across the street. Her purse handle just happened to loop over my arm, and I didn’t realize it was there until I was several blocks away and that cop tackled me!” Do you think any judge in the world would...
Meet Author Michelle Diana Lowe
"Fearless" is the best word to describe Michelle Diana Lowe's just-published book, The Glass Heart Girl. Lowe's incredible book breaks barriers rarely crossed in such detail with grace and honesty you won't readily find elsewhere. The Glass Heart Girl was just...
Calling All Critiques: Book Blurb Entry #1
Thank you, Ichabod Temperance, for submitting your synopsis and excerpt to Calling All Critiques! We are so happy to post your book cover and give feedback. To all those interested in critiquing the art below, please be constructive, proactive, and helpful. Not all...
Calling All Critiques: Cover Art Entry #7
We've had a lot of amazing book covers in our cover art edition of Calling All Critiques! It's been wonderful to see so much effort put into great design work to fit the storyline and genre. Speaking of which, our final cover is ready to be critiqued! ~~ Author: Lucy...
Calling All Critiques: Entry #6
Thank you, C. Angeles Wolf, for submitting your 500 word entry to Calling All Critiques! We are so happy to post your work and give feedback. To all those interested in critiquing the work below, please be constructive, proactive, and helpful. Not all feedback has to...
Calling All Critiques: Submit Your First 500 Words Tomorrow
Quick reminder: Tomorrow (Saturday, May 24) starting at 6 a.m. EDT, we’re accepting entries to the Calling All Critiques event. Next week, we’re doing critiques of your first 500 words. How to Enter Submit your entry to Critiques@Saboviec.com. Cut and paste the...