Being an author is expensive—more expensive than you would expect, especially if you’re going indie. The costs of hiring an editor, a proofreader,…
A Writer’s Atelier Milestone: Our First Product at Barnes & Noble
We at Writer’s Atelier are so jazzed to announce that we have our very first offering available now at Barnes & Noble! But…
How to Name Characters Without Losing Your Mind
If there’s one question you can expect to pop up in every writing group—big, small, new, or old—it’s something to the effect of,…
Writing Karma: 5 Ways to Pay it Forward
I see it all the time: writers who ask for support for their books, but aren’t willing to give that same support in…
20 Ways to Celebrate All Your Writing Wins This Year
After you’ve achieved the first few of your major writing goals—or even before those major milestones, if you lead a particularly busy life—you…
Three Ways to Find Critique Partners
As an editor and writing coach, I get a ton of questions from writers and one of the most common ones is: Where…
Five Ways to Make Writing Description a Little Less Painful (Plus What Always Works For Me)
This blog post was suggested to us by Kelley! If you want to suggest blog posts, you absolutely can by joining our Mighty…
This Holiday Season, Give Yourself the Gift of Forgiveness
I do not have to remind you that we are living in unusual times. But maybe instead I can remind you of something…
7 Tips for Creating a Lasting Writing Career
I often get asked by writers and non-writers what the best tips are for building writing success. Full transparency, I’m not sure there…
Five Things to Do Next With Your NaNoWriMo Draft
If you are reading this, you have made it to December of 2021, and I am proud of you. Even if you didn’t…