The Art of Writing, Publishing, and Taming Dragons
Sci-Fi & Fantasy Editors’ Blog
My Pre-Editing Checklist
Before I edit anything, I make sure I’ve performed these four habits.
How to Build Your Novel’s Magic System
If you have specific rules for how magic works in your world, you can do some pretty fun things with it.
How to Pitch Your Book in 280 Characters or Less
Five examples of well-written pitches and five things I look for in a Twitter pitch.
5 Unique Magic Systems to Inspire Your Own
Whether magic has detailed rules or its source is a mystery, the way it impacts the world is fascinating to explore.
5 Story Tropes We’re Ready to Leave Behind
It’s not that these story ideas are bad. They’ve just been done before, and we frequently see pitches featuring these ideas.
3 Writing Podcasts to Motivate You
Here are some of our favourite podcasts that can encourage you, give you insight into authorship, and help you worldbuild.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Writing Dialogue
One of the reasons dialogue writing is tricky? It’s not written like normal speech.
How to Write a Gripping First Sentence
Not everyone can be J.R.R. Tolkien with “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit,” after all.
The Goal Every Writer Should Have in 2019
This may require some reflection on the content you’ve produced in the past year and accepting constructive criticism from other writers.
5 Book Genre Trends We Predict for 2019
While we are not practiced at divination, below are some trends we think could pop up in 2019 and would love to see in our…
Why You Should Have an Elevator Pitch Ready
It’s tempting to hum and haw and mumble a mediocre response when someone asks you what your book’s about.
How to Write an Attractive Query Letter
This one little page of information is as crucial as the thousands of words you spent months painstakingly crafting.
