by admin | Jan 17, 2016 | 101 Series, Writing Lessons
Today in our ongoing series, Improving your craft, we’re going to talk a little bit about your novel’s opening. How many times have you gone to Amazon to check out an advertised book, launched the Look Inside feature, and then walked away without buying?...
by admin | Jan 3, 2016 | 101 Series, Writing Lessons
Happy New Year! PageCurl has big plans this year. We’re going to be revamping our website a bit to speed it up, take on more clients, and hopefully publish at least four or five new authors! Do you want to be one of them? That’s right, we’re taking...
by admin | May 17, 2015 | Writing Lessons
I just had to deliver some bad news to a client. No names will pass these lips, and no plot will be detailed. So don’t even ask. But I’m going to talk about this particular event in general terms, because it’s an important lesson that all authors...
by admin | Mar 22, 2015 | Writing Lessons
We’ve been doing a lot of editing lately, both for ourselves and for our fabulous authors. Because we’ve been doing so much editing, we’ve compiled a list of our top five editing tips to make your writing shine. Tip #1 Unless you’re in dialog,...
by admin | Dec 8, 2014 | 101 Series, Writing Lessons
One of the mistakes we see most often with new authors is the use of passive voice. So what is passive voice? How can you tell if you’re using passive voice? How can you fix it? Let’s examine a couple of sentences. You are loved. She was saved. I am taken....
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...
