by admin | Nov 24, 2014 | 101 Series
We’ll be honest with you. We’re hoping you read this post and immediately send us an email to hire us for editing. But editing isn’t cheap. So, if you’re a new author, just starting out, should you hire an editor? Short answer? Yes. Absolutely....
by admin | Nov 10, 2014 | 101 Series
Genre is defined as a category of artistic expression. Books, movies, and music all have genres. When you write your bestselling novel (they’re all going to be bestsellers, right?), you’ll need to specify its genre when you’re querying or when...
by admin | Oct 27, 2014 | 101 Series, Writing Lessons
Today we’re going to talk about one of the most common mistakes new writers make: using smiling, laughing, and sighing as their characters’ most common affectations. Think about the last interaction you had with another person. Assuming it was a positive...
by admin | Oct 20, 2014 | 101 Series
Let’s be honest. How many times have you walked through a bookstore or browsed through Amazon and passed by a book because the cover design didn’t speak to you? The book’s cover is the first thing the reader sees. It’s got to grab his or her...
by admin | Oct 6, 2014 | 101 Series
Here at PageCurl, we believe that every author needs an editor. Patricia, our Founding Editorial Director, has fifteen years of editing experience and her own editor routinely finds mistakes that she can’t even believe. It doesn’t matter how much of a...
by admin | Sep 22, 2014 | 101 Series
Today we’re talking about one of (in our opinion) the most under-appreciated and valuable self-publishing sites out there. Smashwords. Now, there are two main things you should know about Smashwords. They publish everything. If you’ve written some hard...
