Here are a handful of guidelines to help keep you grounded regardless of what the publishing world throws your way. Not rules, just principles to keep you sane.

Many readers have specific literary taste and know their favorite sub-genres well. If your novel isn’t in the right category that's a problem.

A story bible is a compendium of all relevant data for your story: character biographies, a world history, an atlas, and a plot outline all wrapped into one.

Fear exists to alert us to potential harm. But how do we get our characters to express it realistically? Angela helps us to figure that out.

A writer’s job is not to photocopy reality but to transform it into a story that feels true. A writing veteran offers tips for using real life in our fiction.