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Meet the Author: Meg Evans

Meg Evans is a certified health coach passionate about wellness. Although she’s a hardcore gym rat, she likes slowing down and getting absorbed in a riveting page-turner. Meg is the author of Enthrallment, her debut paranormal romance, and the first book in the Enthrallment series. When not writing, Meg enjoys a good conversation over a … Read More

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Meet the Author: Brandi Sumey

Brandi Sumey is a Pennsylvania-based author of YA contemporary novels. She is a junior in college at a university in Southwestern PA, where she studies elementary education. She hopes to educate others in the art of writing and inspire the younger generation to love and appreciate the craft. To learn more, check out the FAQ … Read More

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Meet the Author: Julian M Armstrong

Julian M Armstrong is an author living in Brighton, on the south coast of England. I’ve been lucky enough to have worked with him since the beginning of his fantasy series, The Chronicles of Tala, and have loved helping perfect these amazing books. His style is a nostalgic homage to the kind of high fantasy … Read More

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December Sale!

I’m running a sale throughout December on ALL my editing services and finishing 2019 with a bang!! Until 1st January 2020, you will receive 10% off ANY of my services. Finished your NaNoWriMo manuscript and not sure what to do next? Try my writing advice, beta service, or developmental editing. Finally got through the last … Read More

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Meet the Author: Kat Caldwell

Kat Caldwell grew up mostly in Wisconsin, where she learned what it was like to live in an area where there were more cows than people. Being highly allergic to cows, horses and the things they eat (namely hay), she spent many days inside reading, and soon found a love for making up her own … Read More

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Meet the Author: Sheila M Johnson

Sheila M Johnson is a lifelong writer of genre fiction, creating extraordinary tales of the human condition since the age of twelve. She has studied English Literature and Creative Writing at both Macomb Community College and Oakland University. Sheila spent several years living in central Texas as well as on the beautiful island of Okinawa, … Read More

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Writing a First Draft: Ten Top Tips for First-Time Novelists

If you have never written a full-length novel – whether that’s because you’ve only ever written fanfiction or short stories, or even because you’ve never written anything! – the prospect can be pretty daunting. Taking an idea from that first moment of inspiration to a fully-fledged First Draft can seem like a huge undertaking, which … Read More

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How to Edit on a Budget (Or with No Budget at All)

In my last blog post, I discussed why I feel it’s worth paying for good editorial work; my opinion (unsurprisingly) still stands, and if you are wavering at all on whether to pay for editing, please do read it before deciding. However, as I mentioned, I’m fully aware that some writers just literally don’t have … Read More