By Kris Maze

Summertime is fun time, but it can also provide useful insights to your writing. I’m planning my next minor road trip close to home (*ahem, looking at you, gas pump) and making the most of these opportunities away from my writing desk.… Read the post

By Kris Maze

You’ve written a book.  Or three.  Or three hundred.

You’re examining the road to publication. Or starting to query. Or multi-contracted.

You’re dutifully working through your first draft. Or working with an editor.  Or a publisher.

Wherever you are in your writing career, it may feel frustrating, tiresome, or difficult to continue on your passion of writing a book. … Read the post

By Kris Maze

When sending out work to an editor or publisher, you will most often need a specific set of documents they will request. Query letter, check! First fifty pages, check! Synopsis, wait what? I don’t know why, but many of us balk at the thought of creating this tidy little summary of our book baby.… Read the post

by Kris Maze

You typed your last keystroke of your manuscript. The room hums with the last words on the page. Celebrate and cha-cha around your living room. It’s a milestone, whether you've done it once or one million times. Take a break and share with someone! … Read the post

by Kris Maze

Writer’s Block can strike us all in the most inconvenient times, but today I want to offer seven tips to authors prone to procrastination. Some of us are like the tortoise and the hare—racing to the WIP finish line just to get side-tracked by the comforts or distractions of life, like the fabled rabbit’s nap.… Read the post