by lauralizbuckley | 18 Feb, 2020 | Blog Posts
The question comes up once in a while, on Twitter or Reddit, do authors need editors? As both a writer and editor myself, I have some thoughts on the topic. This isn’t an uncommon overlap; while not every writer enjoys editing, or vice versa, there are a lot of people...
by lauralizbuckley | 15 Oct, 2019 | Writing
How to write descriptions your readers won’t want to skim… We know it when we see it. A character enters a room and spends paragraphs noting the location of each piece of furniture. Pages devoted only to describing every dish at a feast. The dreaded purple...
by lauralizbuckley | 27 Aug, 2019 | Author Interviews
I’ve had a few people ask for my take on self-publishing. Although I don’t have personal experience to speak from, it’s an area I’m interested in. And as a writer and editor myself, I feel like this is an area I should make some effort to understand! So I...
by lauralizbuckley | 13 Aug, 2019 | Guest Posts
This week I’m delighted to be publishing a guest blog post written by the utterly fantastic Meg Trast, owner and editor at Overhaul My Novel, LLC and author of “Write That Book You Keep Talking About”. Meg here shares some of her hard-won wisdom on...
by lauralizbuckley | 9 May, 2019 | Writing
I don’t know about you, but I find asking the people close to me for feedback on my writing totally terrifying. What if they hate it? What if they don’t think it makes any sense? What if they think the character that I like the best is completely foul? What if they...
