"My advice is to keep hope in the mail ie. always have more than one submission out with editors or agents at a time. If you receive a rejection, this means you'll still have another submission to pin your hopes on, and it will cushion your disappointment about the...
"Read everything you can, both inside and outside your genre." Visit Victoria Janssen's website at www.victoriajanssen.com Purchase Victoria's latest release, The Moonlight Mistress
"Editing: The most important thing you will ever do. I'm not kidding. First, self-edit. Find your style. Do you like to edit as you write? Do you prefer to finish the first draft and then go back and edit? Fine. The important thing is that you do it. You may scoff,...
"The best writing tip...hmmm. I guess it would be keep your head down and get the job done, first of all. You can't be published if you don't finish your book. Be ruthless. Pretty good books aren't going to sell, so dig deep. And have faith in yourself. No one was...
"Grammar matters. So does punctuation. Seriously, they do, and your future editors don't exist to fix them for you. Editors reject books that need basic grammatical polishing even if the story's good. But here's the awesome part. The correctness of grammar and...
"Find a good critique partner (or two) that you trust and work closely with them. A second set of eyes to view your work and give input is invaluable." Visit Ashley Ladd's website at www.ashleyladd.com Purchase one of her releases or read excerpts at Ashley Ladd's...
"I believe that to make it as a writer takes a combination of skill, persistence, and luck. William Feather aptly puts it, "Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go." There is no way to predict what will be the right pitch at the...
"Don't fall prey to believing everything you read in Craft books or hear in workshops is the only way to do things. Always remember that what people tell you works, is what works for them - and what works for them might not work for you. You may be different, and...
"Form a network with other writers. This can be in person at local writer's meetings, or online on forums and websites, or some combination of the two. More heads are better than one when it comes to knowing about new opportunities for authors or hearing about changes...
