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Martha Chargot

Nov 29, 20223 min read

5 Best Practices for Paragraph Breaks in Fiction

Knowing when to put in a paragraph break is intuitive. But what about those pesky times that it just… isn't?

Martha Chargot

Nov 1, 20223 min read

When Should an Author Be Thinking of Their Readers?

Books are a collaboration with agents, editors, publishers, and book sellers. But most of all, you're collaborating with readers...

Martha Chargot

Oct 25, 20224 min read

Career or Hobby & Five Other Choices Writers Must Make

There are many trade-offs to being a career author. Whether or not they’re worth it is up to you to decide, but here are five to consider...

Martha Chargot

Oct 11, 20223 min read

Pros and Cons of Self-Editing Your Novel

Here are a few things to look out for and others to get excited about if you're thinking about DIYing your novel's edit...

Martha Chargot

Oct 4, 20223 min read

5 Ways Writing is Like Therapy

How many times have you heard someone say that their art is their therapy? It’s so common that it has become a cliché...

Martha Chargot

Sep 27, 20224 min read

5 Reasons You Should Be Considering Self-Publishing

It seems like choosing between traditional publishing and seeking your own path has become even more difficult in the last two years...

Martha Chargot

Sep 20, 20224 min read

5 Questions You Shouldn’t Be Asking Your Beta Readers

We’ve written about what we think should be in your beta reading questionnaire, but every author and every project is different...

Martha Chargot

Sep 6, 20223 min read

5 Ways a Developmental Edit Can Be an Investment in Your Authorial Career

As an author, you have two paths to publishing, and both require a ton of hard work by yourself as well as some luck and blind faith...