Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin is a brilliant example of how you can use an unreliable narrator to your advantage...

Setting is a pretty all-encompassing element of your manuscript. It is difficult to talk about any one element in isolation. Here I'll...

This is exactly the type of book that you start reading after work and ten minutes later it’s dark out and you’ve forgotten to cook...

Should I have read a near-future climate dystopia when I’m living in a present day climate dystopia? Perhaps not! But here is my take as...

A special part of writing is that we get to explore the world around us through our words. This often means writing beyond our own...

The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell is nonfiction, but what can fantasy authors learn from it? This book might have the most...

For fantasy authors, the enchanting worlds they create and the captivating characters they bring to life hold the power to transport...

In the fast-paced world of publishing, audiobooks have surged in popularity, captivating audiences with their immersive storytelling...

Finding a literary agent to represent your fantasy novel is an important step on the path to publication. Literary agents have industry...

In the vast realm of publishing, the fantasy genre has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers worldwide. If you're an aspiring...

Are you a fantasy writer seeking to polish your manuscript and bring it to its full potential? Working with a professional editor can...

As a fantasy writer, having beta readers is an invaluable resource to help you improve your manuscript before publication. Beta readers...

Productivity is a buzz word everywhere we look. We see big name writers telling us how many words they write a day to succeed. There are...

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Repetition in narrative is a tough problem to crack because we are used to the way our narratives flows. Recaps of action that happened...

She loaded up her word processor on her laptop and began writing her blog. It increases the word count, but does showing every movement...

A search for doing your own line editing will turn out pages and pages of blogs containing hard and fast rules. Don't be too wordy. Don't...

When we're deep in our writing, we don't tend to notice these words slipping into each paragraph as we write. Even on rereading, they...

Believable mythical species is a bit of an oxymoron. When you're writing a story with a mythical species, getting the balance between...

Editing is a personal experience. Does an editor hand you a pre-packaged, one size fits all service that they identically stamp from one...