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Recent Blog Posts
There’s Plenty of Time to Turn Your 2026 Around (Writers’ Cafe Invite)
We're coming up to the final three months of 2026. How's this year been for your writing? I hope it's been a great year, where you can look back and be really happy with your progress… but realistically, that's just not the case for a lot of us. If things haven't gone...
Why Repetition is Powerful in Writing (and How Authors Can Get it Right)
Is it ever okay to repeat the same word or phrase in your writing? Absolutely! Unintentional repetition is something that authors are (quite rightly) warned to watch out for, particularly in fiction. It’s one of the 20 common writing mistakes I go through in Editing Essentials. Intentional repetition, however…
Nine Things that Are Totally Normal (and Expected!) When You’re Writing a Novel
If you’re writing a novel, you might have moments – or even months – where you’re tempted to give up. Perhaps something about the process makes you feel like you’re doing it all wrong, or you’re never going to finish, or you’re just not cut out to be a writer. Whether...