How many of you have heard of NaNoWriMo? How many of you plan on participating? For those of you not familiar, National Novel Writing Month is an event in which the month of November is set aside for authors to do nothing but write for a month straight. The goal is to write 50,000 words, or roughly the length of an entire novel. It seems like an extremely daunting task, but when you give yourself the opportunity to just sit down and write, not worrying about every little plot

A small number of short stories are picked up by literary magazines every year, but thousands upon thousands get rejected. And most of those rejected stories are set aside because of mistakes that can be easily avoided if you are aware of them. This is not meant to discourage you, but to get you thinking about the reasons why an editor may put your story down. There are numerous reasons why. I have listed four big reasons below that would be easy for you to fix either yoursel

So, you’ve finished your book and you’re ready to mail it out to publishing companies. But, remember that most (if not all) publishing companies you’re interested in will require that you have a literary agent first. Don’t worry though! I’m going to break it down for you in this blog and give you some helpful tips on how to get the best literary agent for you. 1-Check your manuscript first Before you begin to submit your work, make sure that your manuscript is in the best sha

The night of his sixteenth birthday, Mani Remus found himself crawling through the underbrush of Reliqua’s northern forest. His chest pressed into the mud, staining the front of his white tunic, and he shivered each time the intermittent breeze stirred the foliage that concealed him. At his side, a squat man in well-worn pelts offered silent encouragement, gesturing ahead as if to indicate that they were nearing their objective. Mani parted the lower branches of a dense fir t