Optimizations to your Author Toolbox
What occupies your author toolbox? What resources do you have accessible towards optimizing your writing, lifestyle, and mindset? Here you will find an assortment of
Punctuation marks are the silent heroes of the written word. They help clarify meaning, guide the reader through the text, and add rhythm to sentences. But where did these little marks come from? Writers and authors often take punctuation for granted, but it has a rich history that reflects the evolution of language, communication, and...
Optimizations to your Writer Workspace and Lifestyle
Whether you’re a new writer or writing has become second nature to you, there are optimizations you can implement to assist you in your goals.
Managing Writer’s Block
Many of us who pursue creative endeavours experience blocks, inhibiting us in the direction of effective expression. This is normal. These episodes can become frustrating,
Common Errors Made In Writing and How You Can Minimise Them
We have already briefly covered a key element in minimizing a range of errors in The Importance of Copy Editing and Being a Word Engineer,
Progression or Degression in the Art of Literature?
Contemporary literature is rapidly being curated, obtained, shared, and stored in more technological forms, which some have embraced and others have grieved. The appreciation of
Being a Word Engineer
The cliche of editing being 90% of any novel is not only a popular one, but one of those cliches that is both true and
Speculative Fiction: The Supernatural Catch-all
We’ve all heard of science fiction, fantasy, horror, dystopian, and a plethora of other genres that all have one thing in common: they are not
From Tweets to Novels
A thousand words. Hard enough, yes? How in the world are you going to get to fifty thousand? There are a few answers to that
The Dangers of Paid Editorial Reviews
Although we will go into reviewing different paid editorial review places in future articles (Kirkus, BlueInk, Foreword etc.), this article will focus on the generalized
Soon to be Launching on Twitter and Instagram
We’ve been active on Facebook (though not as active as we should be!) and are soon going to begin promoting our Instagram and Twitter pages.
Introducing the EDW Author Program
Having received hundreds of submission requests, the pool of candidates for our editors to review is most certainly getting larger and larger every day. And
Contacting Readers for Reviews
As one of the central, free services we offer authors, book reviews are an important part of our magazine. Our editors love to find themselves
Breaking the Rules as an Author
Rules in writing and editing exist for a reason: they are there to help navigate those that may not yet be experts in storytelling to
Violence vs Too-Much-Violence
There’s no avoiding it: violence sells. From video games to movies to books, human on human conflict is a tantalizing plot device, and we humans
The Importance of Copy Editing for the Indie Author
As every independently published author is aware, gaining traction nowadays in an arena flooded with books is hard. With services providing professional covers to well-written