7 Great Tips for Revising Your Manuscript

You’ve written a first draft of your novel or short story, but reading it over, it feels like a mess! Even worse, you’re a little overwhelmed about exactly how to fix it. Here are seven…

Shaping up your spelling: Mould vs. mold

How you spell this word – whether referring to fungus or shaping something – depends if you’re in America or not.American English prefers mold. This extends to its derivatives such as moldy and mol…

Avoid using weak pushbutton words in story

Sometimes rather than finding a truly evocative term, writers get lazy and use pushbutton words. Pushbutton words attempt to evoke an emotional response from readers without appealing to their…

Alexandre Escrivà, clarinetista i escriptor, considerat el Joël Dicker espanyol

Músic de professió, però escriptor per vocació. Alexandre Escrivà ha aconseguit combinar les seves dues professions, que l'han portat a ser considerat al Joël Dicker espanyol.

6 Punctuation Tips for Writers

• Line of confusion: -ly words and hyphens • No hyphen needed in ‘goer’ words • To use or not to use the Oxford comma…• Easy to understand comma rules • Don’t lose sleep over this confusing c…

Book Review: The Language of Liars by S.L. Huang

Use consistent name across your author platform

As creating an author’s platform – that is, setting up all of the tools you’ll use to get word out about your book – pay close attention to the name you use. All too often, the social media si…