Month: October 2023

• 5 writing conference takeaways

  October 23, 2023

  Writing conferences are important and beneficial for several reasons, whether you’re looking to network, improve your craft, browse new releases, get feedback, or even pitch a book. Here are five things I learned throughout the two-day LDSPMA 2023 conference that we attended in Orem, Utah. I’m a huge… Read More

• How to start self-editing your book

  October 12, 2023

  Perhaps one of the most terrifying moments of being an author is the day after you’ve finished the first draft of your manuscript. The story is there, or at least, the bare bones of it. But now you’ve got to clean it up and make it as powerful… Read More

• Daunt Books: a London bookshop

  October 9, 2023

  On a rainy afternoon this past July, I insisted my husband accompany me to one of the UK’s most famous independent bookshops in London. This is what we discovered. There is a certain romanticism associated with the atmosphere of London that I never understood until I walked the… Read More