A few members of Kevin Anderson & Associates' management team and staff ghostwriter and editor, author Elizabeth Cody Kimmel, spent an afternoon at the Kravis Children's Hospital at Mount Sinai [...]
What's the hardest part of mastering effective writing? Learning how to hook your reader. If you want readers to pay attention to what you have to say, you have [...]
If you’ve never worked with an editor before, it can be a daunting experience. What if they don’t understand what it is you want to say? What if they change [...]
Many aspiring writers struggle with finding their writerly voice. That is to say, they find it challenging to write in a way that reflects who they are. As Cris Freese [...]
English grammar is notoriously difficult, but writing is a crucial skill in the workplace. While an in depth study of grammar and writing conventions would certainly help anyone become a [...]
“Show and tell” probably conjures up fond memories of kindergarten fun (even if the exercise was a sneaky way to teach you public speaking skills). The two words have been [...]
Semicolons are the horn-rimmed glasses of grammar: they’re just obscure enough to seem elite, but popular enough that they’re often misused. And, as with horn-rimmed glasses, the correct or incorrect [...]
With the explosion of digital publishing technology, there are more ways than ever to get your manuscript off your computer and into the public. However, the printed codex is still [...]
Getting a book published isn’t easy. Even many famous and bestselling novels have faced rejection—some over and over—before finally getting the recognition that, with hindsight, we can say they deserved. [...]
Unless you’re Allen Ginsberg, “first thought [probably isn’t] best thought.” While the famous beat poet had a knack for improvisational writing, he is the exception. Whether you consider writing [...]
