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    Author Spotlight: J.E. Glass
    • 5 days ago
    • 6 min

    Author Spotlight: J.E. Glass

    Welcome to the sixth Author Spotlight post of 2022! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is J.E Glass! I met J.E. through social media and was so excited when she came out with her debut novel. If you like Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, make sure you pop over to J.E.'s accounts to check out her spectacular Gideon cosplay (and her wife's spectacular Harrow cosplay), plus
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    Author Spotlight: Maggie Francis
    • May 27
    • 8 min

    Author Spotlight: Maggie Francis

    Welcome to the fifth Author Spotlight post of 2022! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Maggie Francis! I have had the privilege of working on the first three books in Maggie's Eliza Falls series, and I absolutely love her narrative voice and her characters! If you like paranormal romance, I highly recommend diving into Eliza Falls because you'll be in for a treat. Bio
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    Author Spotlight: H. Noah
    • Apr 21
    • 7 min

    Author Spotlight: H. Noah

    Welcome to the fourth Author Spotlight post of 2022! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is H. Noah! H. and I met on Clubhouse, and I have since worked with them on their novel Bluebird At My Window. Bluebird is an intense, hard-hitting book, but it's also beautiful and tender, and it explores what happens when humanity is pushed to its limits. H. is a joy to follow on so
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    Author Spotlight: Travis Baldree
    • Mar 25
    • 6 min

    Author Spotlight: Travis Baldree

    Welcome to the third Author Spotlight post of 2022! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Travis Baldree! You may know Travis from the world of game development or audiobook narration. I started following him on Twitter when he released the cover for Legends & Lattes, and I was honoured to read and review an ARC of the book after Travis and I connected. Legends & Lattes
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    Author Spotlight: Talena Winters
    • Feb 25
    • 15 min

    Author Spotlight: Talena Winters

    Welcome to the second Author Spotlight post of 2022! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Talena Winters! Talena is a powerhouse in the indie author world. She approached me in 2021 to join a Mastermind group with her and a couple of other author-editors, and saying yes was one of the best decisions I have ever made. Talena came up with the title for my first novel, and
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    Author Spotlight: B. Joyce
    • Jan 28
    • 6 min

    Author Spotlight: B. Joyce

    Welcome to the first Author Spotlight post of 2022! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is B. Joyce! I met B. on Instagram, and as soon as I saw that she was publishing a book, I jumped on her ARC readers list. I was honoured to read Moon Beetles early, and I'm excited to see how the series continues! Bio: B. Joyce is a Canadian independent author. She moved around a lot
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    Author Spotlight: 2021 Recap
    • Dec 17, 2021
    • 5 min

    Author Spotlight: 2021 Recap

    In 2021, I ran a series of Author Spotlight posts. Every month, I showcased an indie author and interviewed them to find out more about their writing life. In case you missed any of them, here's a list of all the authors I interviewed! Read the full interviews for some stellar writing advice and funny anecdotes. Mary Ann Tippett Mary Ann Tippett is a writer who moved from Indiana to Ottawa, thereby rendering her law degree useless. She worked ten years pursuing fraudsters, li
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    Author Spotlight: Jessica Anne Renwick
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 6 min

    Author Spotlight: Jessica Anne Renwick

    Welcome to the eleventh post in my Author Spotlight series! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Jessica Anne Renwick! Jessica and I are in an author/editor cohort together, and she is so kind and supportive. She's been giving me tons of advice for my own self-publishing journey, and I appreciate how she shares her knowledge in such an encouraging way. On top of that, I
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    Author Spotlight: T. C. Emerys
    • Oct 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    Author Spotlight: T. C. Emerys

    Welcome to the tenth post in my Author Spotlight series! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is T. C. Emerys! I first heard of T. C. Emerys when I won her short story collection in an Instagram contest. Then she contacted me to be a guest speaker on The Midnight Quill Podcast with herself and editor Annelie Widholm; we had a ton of fun talking about self-editing on S2 E2:
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    Author Spotlight: Jenny Hickman
    • Sep 24, 2021
    • 3 min

    Author Spotlight: Jenny Hickman

    Welcome to the ninth post in my Author Spotlight series! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Jenny Hickman! I found Jenny's books on Instagram and instantly fell in love because they have absolutely gorgeous covers. I knew I had to read them, and I did not regret it. I have read both The PAN and The HOOK, and I am itching to read The CROC to see how the trilogy wraps u
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    Author Spotlight: Mallory McCartney
    • Aug 27, 2021
    • 5 min

    Author Spotlight: Mallory McCartney

    Welcome to the eighth post in my Author Spotlight series! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Mallory McCartney! Mal and I met when I edited the third book in her Black Dawn series, Kingdom of Broken Iron. You can pre-order the book now; it comes out in early 2022! Now we bond over our pets and our love of fall and Halloween. Mal has an adorable family of fur-babies—or
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    Author Spotlight: Brianne Wik
    • Jul 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Author Spotlight: Brianne Wik

    Welcome to the seventh post in my Author Spotlight series! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Brianne Wik! I met Brianne on Instagram, and we quickly connected over our love for stories. As soon as I knew Brianne was publishing her debut novel, I jumped on her ARC team so I could be one of the first people to read it! Her novel One Iridescent Night is a Cinderella ret
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    Author Spotlight: Elle Beaumont
    • Jun 17, 2021
    • 4 min

    Author Spotlight: Elle Beaumont

    Welcome to the sixth post in my Author Spotlight series! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Elle Beaumont! I've edited one of Elle's short stories, and I'll be working on one of her novellas soon! She is a prolific writer, and she just released a new book with Christis Christie called The Dragon's Bride! Elle and I got to know each other through Instagram, and I'm an
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    Author Spotlight: Lane Northcutt
    • May 27, 2021
    • 6 min

    Author Spotlight: Lane Northcutt

    Welcome to the fifth post in my Author Spotlight series! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Lane Northcutt! Lane and I first met when I was a guest on his podcast, Indie Know. If you haven't listened to the podcast yet, I highly recommend it! Lane and I are now Instagram buddies, and I love seeing what cool new thing he's up to next! Bio: Originally from Kentucky, Lan
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    Author Spotlight: Linda Keith
    • Apr 22, 2021
    • 6 min

    Author Spotlight: Linda Keith

    Welcome to the fourth post in my Author Spotlight series! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Linda Keith! Linda and I have worked together on her thriller Black Iris. We initially bonded over our love for Scotland, and we both love baking and reading books by Katherine Arden and Leigh Bardugo. Reading buddies for the win! Bio: Linda Keith lives in Edmonton, Alberta, C
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    Author Spotlight: Jacquelynn Lyon
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 7 min

    Author Spotlight: Jacquelynn Lyon

    Welcome to the third post in my Author Spotlight series! Every month, I showcase an indie author and interview them to find out more about their writing life. This month, the author in the spotlight is Jacquelynn Lyon! Jacquelynn and I work together at Dot and Dash LLC, and I have also edited her short story collection The Soft Landing Collection. Jacquelynn is one of my favorite fantasy and sci-fi authors; her writing is beautiful, her characters are endearing, and her stori
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    Adverbs: Kill Them or Let Them Live?
    • Nov 26, 2019
    • 2 min

    Adverbs: Kill Them or Let Them Live?

    Adverbs are a polarizing topic in the writing and editing world. Some people think we should eliminate adverbs altogether, and some people think we can use adverbs whenever we want. This controversy often centres around Stephen King's dislike of adverbs in his famous writing advice book, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. I think people often misunderstand King's intentions, although what he wrote about adverbs definitely seems harsh: "I believe the road to hell is paved with
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    How to Emphasize Text in Fiction
    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 3 min

    How to Emphasize Text in Fiction

    One of the things I comment on the most when I edit is overemphasis. People love using exclamation marks and bolding text to make sure it really stands out. Your characters scream sometimes, or they yell at each other, or something they say is really important. But trust me, you do not need all of those exclamation marks and question marks, and you especially do not need the bolded text, the sentences in all caps, or the italicized text. Take the following paragraph, for exam
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    Best Writing Advice: Read More
    • Aug 20, 2019
    • 2 min

    Best Writing Advice: Read More

    Many people ask what they can do to become a better writer. The best writing advice I can give you is to read more books. Why Is Reading Important? Reading is important for many reasons, including the fact that reading is good for your brain. But reading is particularly important for writers because it helps hone the writing craft. Reading is like studying for writers—the more you study and the more you practice, the better you'll get at writing. Reading published books can g
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