Dogpile
Two authors asked ordinary questions in writing groups. One wanted a vote on three cover mockups, the other wanted honest readers for a book he had just published. Neither did anything wrong, and both got a stoning. A pile-on has…
Tag: critique groups
Other writers reading your work before the world does, and what makes that useful rather than discouraging.
Book MarketingGetting Published: Proposals, Beta Readers and the Rest
The parts of getting published that nobody explains properly. What a proposal has to prove before anyone reads the manuscript, what beta readers are genuinely for, and where the process stalls.
critique groupsWriting Critique Groups: Techniques to Enhance Your Writing Skills
The most powerful writing tool I ever used cost me nothing: a small group of writers meeting regularly to read each other's work and tell the truth about it. I started one for science fiction through Meetup and learned what…
collaborationCollaborative Writing: What Fifty Ghostwriting Projects Taught Me About Trust, Feedback, and Making the Work Better
No ghostwritten book gets made alone; the client brings the ideas and the voice, the writer brings craft and structure, and the quality of that partnership decides the quality of the book more than talent on either side. After fifty-plus…
Amazon & KDPEngage a Book Writing Team to Succeed
You know your book will sell, but the sheer weight of everything between draft and published makes you want to quit. You do not have to carry it alone. A small team of volunteers and contractors gets it done faster…
Author TalksDebbie Zaken: Award-Winning Young Adult Sci-Fi and the Power of Critique Partners
Award-winning YA author Debbie Zaken joins Author Talks to discuss writing young adult sci-fi, critique partners, and writing through blocks.