by kobowritinglife | Mar 13, 2023 | Blog, The Craft of Writing, Tips
Writing takes time. There’s no way around it – for many authers, their books are one, five, even ten years or more in the making! But often, it can be frustrating and demoralizing to feel as if it might take you that long to even finish a first draft. Today, we are...
by kobowritinglife | Feb 16, 2021 | KWL Podcast
#234 – Editing 101 with Kristina Stanley, JoEllen Nordstrom, and Lisa Lepki We are joined by three editing professionals on the podcast this week: Kristina Stanley, the creator of Fictionary, JoEllen Nordstrom, the founder of First Editing, and Lisa Lepki, head...
by kobowritinglife | Oct 19, 2017 | Self-Publishing, The Craft of Writing, Tips
By Lisa M. Lilly You’ve finished a first draft of your novel. Now what? If you’re like most writers (including me), your draft includes points that require more research, scenes that trail off, plot holes, or all of the above. Addressing every issue at once is...
by kobowritinglife | Jul 18, 2016 | Self-Publishing, The Craft of Writing, Tips
By Gloria Kopp In today’s marketplace, getting your work out there is often considered more crucial than checking it for errors first. As good as it feels to be the first with a new story, though, it’s embarrassing when readers pick up on the mistakes you...
by kobowritinglife | May 4, 2016 | The Craft of Writing, Tips
By Julie Peterson If you’ve ever tried to edit your own work, you know how challenging it can be. You end up missing way more mistakes than if you were editing someone else’s work because you simply don’t see them. You know what you’ve written, so it’s hard to imagine...
