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“But you don’t have to be a David Bowie fan to appreciate the power of the setting.” Last fall, I instructed a course at my local...

On November 8, 2023, Julie spoke to students in the School of Communication at Illinois State University about writing. I recently had...

“Master the craft of writing your fictional friends well and your story will jump from the page.” Which came first, the chicken or the...

“Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings .” – William...

“A book description on Amazon will make or break a sale, which means authors must do more than just simply copy and paste the back clover...

“Any element in the prologue that advances the story should be written in the story itself.” The most edited page of an entire...

“You are your own brand. You are selling yourself as an author just as much as you are selling your novels or stories.” Launch days are...

“ There are no other words for it. I was, quite simply, suffering from writer’s block. ” I cannot pretend that there are not already a...

Originally appeared on the Burning Soul Press Blog 4.4.22 Everyone thinks they can write a book. How hard can it be, right? You sit...

“Your mom is not a beta reader; she will not provide you with critical feedback because… well, she’s your mom!” Picture it. It’s the...

“If you want to be an author. Be an author.” “You’re not human, right?” “Do you sleep?” “How do you find the time?” “But don’t you...