Yes, I’ll Edit Your Sample Chapters

Send an agent only your best work.

The author had finished his novel, but knew it wasn’t quite ready to send to an agent. He wanted the sample chapters in his proposal to make a great first impression—and he’d get one chance.

So he asked if I’d help. Would I edit just … Continue reading

Invite People In

Will your opening turn browsers into buyers?

On a recent trip through Germany, we made a lot of restaurant choices. But before we stepped inside, we checked the front window for the menu.

Not just any restaurant would do. With two young children, we wanted a restaurant that offered a children’s menu or something plain in small portions. Several of us hoped for regional … Continue reading

Don’t Miss a Week

Keep the connection you’re making with readers.

I didn’t use our trip as an excuse to take a break from blogging.

From what’s been posted online, you should have no idea my wife and I were traveling the past few weeks. Before we left, I wrote and scheduled the posts that would appear while we’d be away.

My motive wasn’t to prevent burglaries … Continue reading