by Karen Smith | Feb 21, 2023 | Blog
I took a break, as often happens, from the current work-in-progress (WIP) because I wrote my protagonist into a corner and needed to ponder how I’d get him out of that predicament without erasing and rewriting a substantial portion of the manuscript. I think...
by Karen Smith | Feb 14, 2023 | Blog
It’s true that no matter what you write, someone won’t like it. This is one reason why we have genres: readers will more likely find what they enjoy than what they don’t.Readers everywhere, regardless of genre preferences, have pet peeves. These can...
by Karen Smith | Feb 7, 2023 | Blog
Potential customers often base their purchasing decisions on product reviews. A potential customer likely won’t buy a product that has a majority of critical and/or negative reviews. It’s the digital age’s version of what was formerly a neighborhood...
by Karen Smith | Jan 31, 2023 | Blog
I’ve been writing, editing, and formatting documents for well over 30 years, although none of that has been as an employee of a publishing company. I got my start in the marketing department of an architectural and engineering firm. I wrote and formatted A/E...
by Karen Smith | Jan 24, 2023 | Blog
You’ve probably seen a meme prompting for a response to answer a question along the lines of “What song defines your life?” My standard answer is “It Don’t Come Easy” by Ringo Starr of Beatles fame. Regardless of how silly it may be...
by Karen Smith | Jan 17, 2023 | Blog
New authors especially don’t necessarily understand the time it takes to produce a good book. Any craptastic piece of content can be created and published almost instantaneously, but a good story properly formatted and enhanced by a good cover takes time. It may...
