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A neurodivergent guide to writing a romance novel

This year, I finally started and finished writing a romance novel. As a neurodivergent writer, this is a major accomplishment – I’ve started plenty of novels, but this is the first I’ve ever completed. Writing can be difficult for anyone, but neurodivergent writers tend to struggle even more. This is usually due to a lack of resources, support, and encouragement. To help others, I’ve chronicled my writing journey here from the planning stage up to finishing. I’ve also included some tips that I found useful. Note: I won’t be disclosing what book I wrote, whether it’s published or not, for… Read More »A neurodivergent guide to writing a romance novel

What to include in a fiction proofreading enquiry

When you’re looking for a proofreader for your novel, a proofreading enquiry is a valuable tool in determining the best fit for you. The information you put into an enquiry form helps proofreaders work out what you’re looking for and whether they can meet your needs. Other than availability and budget, enquiries can also show you what a proofreader is like to work with. Read more about how to make the best use out of an enquiry form and why they’re an important indicator of who to work with. What is a fiction proofreading enquiry? Online service businesses often have… Read More »What to include in a fiction proofreading enquiry

Top tips for aspiring romance authors

If it’s your dream to be a romance author, you need these tips for writing, editing, and publishing a romance novel. Romance is the most popular fiction genre, with around 40 million romance books sold within a year. Self-published romance authors are emerging every day, but the demand for romance novels by publishing houses isn’t lessening. No matter whether you’ve still choosing between self-publishing and traditional publishing or not, this blog post will support your journey as an aspiring romance author. How to be a romance author You might already have experience writing and publishing, but for many romance authors… Read More »Top tips for aspiring romance authors

How do you pick the best proofreader for your novel?

Self-publishing a novel can be really difficult, especially when it comes to finding and hiring all the individual services you need. When it comes to proofreading, you want to find the best proofreader for your novel, but where do you start? Finding a proofreader doesn’t have to be difficult, but finding the best proofreader for your novel might be daunting. You need to find someone who can provide a high quality service who you get along with and trust with your novel. To help, I’ve put together a guide on finding and hiring proofreaders, with tips for how to decide… Read More »How do you pick the best proofreader for your novel?

Should you pursue self-publishing or traditional publishing?

You’ve got a book, whether you’ve finished the first draft or you’re through to the third draft. You need to decide whether to self-publish it or take it to publishers in the hope that they’ll publish it for you. How do you decide? There are 3 major questions you can ask yourself that can help you decide between self-publishing and traditional publishing. Determining what you want out of publishing is the easiest way to compare the two. Otherwise it can become overwhelming to look through ten articles all stating different pros and cons. Ask yourself these questions, and see if… Read More »Should you pursue self-publishing or traditional publishing?

Why is proofreading important for your self-published book?

Many authors aren’t aware of all the steps involved publishing a book, because traditional publishing takes care of it all. When self-publishing, authors have to handle everything themselves. So many ask: Why is proofreading important? Proofreading is an essential step in the publishing process, the last quality check before a book is sent out to readers. So let’s explore why proofreading is important for self-publishing authors. What is proofreading? Proofreading is the last step before publishing your book. As a final quality check, proofreading looks for spelling errors, missing or incorrect punctuation, repetition (‘the the’), formatting mistakes, formatting consistency, spelling… Read More »Why is proofreading important for your self-published book?

How does proofreading fit into the self-publishing process?

Self-publishing a novel requires a lot of planning, money, and, let’s face it, stress. Taking on everything yourself isn’t impossible but it definitely isn’t for everyone, so knowing about the different stages in the self-publishing process is important. Proofreading is one of the final steps when self-publishing a novel, and finding the best proofreader for the job can be overwhelming. Especially when you have to look at so many other publishing services too. Knowing how proofreading fits into the self-publishing process, what it entails, and how to find a proofreader are all things any independent author needs to know. Here… Read More »How does proofreading fit into the self-publishing process?