by Andrew Snook | Mar 28, 2025 | Editing
In On Writing, Stephen King famously encourages writers to “kill their darlings.” This advice is intended to make writers less precious about their writing and be willing to cut content that isn’t serving the overall book. But how do you know what constitutes a...
by Andrew Snook | Mar 28, 2025 | Writing
Deft dialogue makes readers fall in love with a character (or love to hate them!) … but how do you write compelling conversations in fiction? Despite the fact that we have conversations every day, writing dialogue in a narrative is a different beast entirely. How does...
by Andrew Snook | Feb 28, 2025 | Editing, Writing
Few things are as satisfying for writers than typing “The End” when they finish their manuscripts. In reality, this milestone is merely the beginning of a new phase of creating a good book: self-editing. This crucial phase of the drafting project has a huge...
by Andrew Snook | Feb 27, 2025 | Editing, Indie Bookstores, Writing
As the publication begins its journey into 2025, I am very excited to announce that the year has started off golden for Canadian Independent Publishers. At the end of 2024, I received amazing news: the publication was named a finalist in three categories for the...
by Andrew Snook | Feb 27, 2025 | Editing, Writing
You can’t edit a blank page. Let’s say that again, you can’t edit a blank page. Many writers get tripped up while drafting by trying to perfect what they’re writing as they write it. While a rare few authors compose their text and edit in their heads before even...
