Editing

A beta reader who tells you your manuscript is perfect is wasting your time. Here's what good beta feedback actually looks like — and how to ask for it.

Your manuscript has bugs. Beta readers are how you find them before your readers do. Here's how to build the beta reading team that will actually make your book better—and who to use with caution.

The time you spent on the manuscript that isn't working is already gone whether you quit or not. The only question is what you spend next.

Know the rules. Break them with intention. The only one you can't break: don't use a word if you don't know what it means.

Too many characters and readers lose track. Too few and the story feels empty. Here's how to find the right cast size—and what to do when you have too many.

Do I use AI? Sure. For lots of stuff. But publishing is too important to me to jeopardize quality or, worse, copyright, with generative AI. That's why I do all my writing myself and all my editing myself.