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Jul 243 min read
Crafting a convincing fantasy setting
Setting is a pretty all-encompassing element of your manuscript. It is difficult to talk about any one element in isolation. Here I'll...
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Jul 223 min read
Book Review - Yellowface by RF Kuang
This is exactly the type of book that you start reading after work and ten minutes later it’s dark out and you’ve forgotten to cook...
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Jul 82 min read
Book Review - Venomous Lumpsuckers by Ned Beauman
Should I have read a near-future climate dystopia when I’m living in a present day climate dystopia? Perhaps not! But here is my take as...
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Jul 24 min read
Authenticity Reader
A special part of writing is that we get to explore the world around us through our words. This often means writing beyond our own...
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Jun 242 min read
Book Review - The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythel
The Diary of a Bookseller by Shaun Bythell is nonfiction, but what can fantasy authors learn from it? This book might have the most...
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Jul 20, 20232 min read
Why Hire a Specialist Fantasy Editor?
For fantasy authors, the enchanting worlds they create and the captivating characters they bring to life hold the power to transport...
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Jul 19, 20233 min read
The Benefits of Working with an Audiobook Production Team
In the fast-paced world of publishing, audiobooks have surged in popularity, captivating audiences with their immersive storytelling...
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Jul 14, 20232 min read
Getting an Agent
Finding a literary agent to represent your fantasy novel is an important step on the path to publication. Literary agents have industry...
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Jul 14, 20232 min read
How to Please Your Fantasy Readers
In the vast realm of publishing, the fantasy genre has captured the hearts and imaginations of readers worldwide. If you're an aspiring...
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AJEditorialServices
Jul 14, 20232 min read
Find an Editor for Your Fantasy Manuscript
Are you a fantasy writer seeking to polish your manuscript and bring it to its full potential? Working with a professional editor can...
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AJEditorialServices
Jul 14, 20233 min read
Beta Readers and Where to Find Them
As a fantasy writer, having beta readers is an invaluable resource to help you improve your manuscript before publication. Beta readers...
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Feb 1, 20232 min read
Hit your word count every day
Productivity is a buzz word everywhere we look. We see big name writers telling us how many words they write a day to succeed. There are...
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Feb 1, 20233 min read
Balancing Dialogue with Narration
Would your novel play out like a silent film? Or would it be relatively unchanged if adapted to be performed on a small, empty stage?...
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Nov 17, 20223 min read
Let the readers do the work
Repetition in narrative is a tough problem to crack because we are used to the way our narratives flows. Recaps of action that happened...
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Nov 16, 20223 min read
Chopping down your sentences
She loaded up her word processor on her laptop and began writing her blog. It increases the word count, but does showing every movement...
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Nov 11, 20222 min read
The secret to original prose
A search for doing your own line editing will turn out pages and pages of blogs containing hard and fast rules. Don't be too wordy. Don't...
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Nov 10, 20223 min read
Hunting down your repetitive words
When we're deep in our writing, we don't tend to notice these words slipping into each paragraph as we write. Even on rereading, they...
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Aug 4, 20223 min read
Writing believable mythical species
Believable mythical species is a bit of an oxymoron. When you're writing a story with a mythical species, getting the balance between...
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Jul 27, 20222 min read
One size fits all?
Editing is a personal experience. Does an editor hand you a pre-packaged, one size fits all service that they identically stamp from one...
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AJEditorialServices
Jul 13, 20223 min read
Is authenticity reading censorship?
Authenticity reading is not a service I offer. But it is a service I urge many clients to seek out. Like all in this field, it has many...
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