Are You The Next JK Rowling?

This is a guest post by Suzanne Harrison. Harry Potter. The name brings instant recognition from people all over the world. The books have sold over 350 million copies worldwide. Only the bible has more translations. The movies have gone on to grace th …

Seven Ways to Inject Suspense into Your Novel

This is a guest post by Lynette Rees. Certain genres are renowned for being more suspenseful than others: horror, crime fiction and romantic suspense, but each and every book, no matter whether it’s an Historical Romance or a Paranormal Fantasy, HAS to …

How To Bring Your Novel Alive Through Story & Self Editing

This is a guest post by Maxine E. Thompson. As a story editor, when I work with new writers, I often find they tend to gloss over the painful parts of their novels. When a character gets cancer, two pages later, the character is dead. A woman has a chi …