Tag: novel
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What it’s Like to Work with a Professional Book Editor
So you’re considering having your manuscript edited, but it’s a daunting decision to make. I know I can’t fully erase the anxiety that goes with handing your book over to someone else, but I hope that I can ease it by giving you a detailed look at the process.
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The REAL way to handle “said” when writing dialogue
You’ve been taught the wrong approaches to deal with the too-frequent use of the word said in written dialogue. Having too little variety in your dialogue tags is only a symptom of a deeper underlying issue: too little variety in your sentence structure. Once you solve for that, your repetitive dialogue tags will clear up…
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Find Comp Titles Faster with These Publishing-Industry Tools
The same advice is often given over and over to querying authors who are seeking comp titles: talk to librarians and independent booksellers, and leverage recommendations from Goodreads and Amazon. As a publishing professional, I can suggest some tools to make the process faster and easier.
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Juvenile Fiction: Understanding Lower Middle Grade, Upper Middle Grade, Chapter Books, and More
New sub-categories of juvenile fiction keep emerging to help kids find the right books for every developmental stage. We can break them into two main groups: simple chapter books for emerging readers, and more complex middle grade novels for independent readers. These groups are then broken down further.
Erin Alladin 