Flatlining Your Theme: How to Immortalize Your Creativity by Dying
Looking to elevate your story’s theme? Josh Wilcox, experienced developmental editor and bibliophile, knows all about it. Enjoy this guest post on how to craft…
The Best Tools for Indie Authors 2024
What are the best tools for indie authors? In a sea of companies all vying for your hard-earned money, it can be hard to choose….
The Author Marketing Mindset: How to Sell Thousands of Books
Adopting the proper marketing mindset when selling books can change zero sales into a full author career. But what is the right mindset? How do…
How to Teach at Conferences: Writing a Pitch
This week’s learning post is on the nuts and bolts of writing a pitch to teach at conferences! If you’re wondering what classes to submit,…
6 Ways to Build Your Writing Conference Credentials!
Ready for Part 3 of how to pitch to teach at conferences: How to build your conference credentials! 💪 If you missed the first segment…
#1 Key to Good Presentation: Read Your Story Aloud, Now!
Let’s focus today on story presentation! If you haven’t been keeping up, this is a post in the developmental editing series here on Vanilla Grass…
Author’s Voice: Why Your Story Needs it Now!
Developmental Editing time again with a focus on the author’s voice! We’re almost done with this little mini-series. Woo. I hope it’s been helpful and…
How to Write a Scene: 4 Simple Questions for Stories that Sell!
Ready to learn about how to edit and write a powerful scene? So far in our developmental editing posts, we’ve gone over the bones of…
Character Development: The #1 Key to Powerful & Effective Book Editing!
After last week’s silly (but hopefully helpful) post on developmental editing with story theme, we’re going to be taking a look at character development. If…
Developmental Editing: 4 Steps To Improve Your Book’s Theme Now!
Hello, my pretties! Curious how to improve your book’s theme? Welcome to post #2 in the Developmental Editor tips and tricks posts! I thought since…