Behind the Quill: How to Query Your New Novel

Hello! Today we thought we’d bring you something a little different and focus on what comes after you’ve written and edited your book: getting published. This is a daunting topic for any new author. You’ve poured so much time and energy into your work that sharing it...

Behind The Quill: Being a Good Beta Reader

We’ve now come to the point in the process that can be the scariest for many authors: sharing the book that they’ve been toiling on for so long with actual other human beings. For some, this will just be a back and forth with their editor. For others, as we talked...

Behind the Quill: First Drafts and Next Steps

Hello again all of you lovely readers, some of whom may now be writers as well! If you participated in National Novel Writing Month in November, no matter how many words you got through, you should absolutely take a deep bow and give yourself a huge round of applause....

Behind The Quill: Finding Inspiration in the World

While perusing your local bookshop, reading a wonderfully unique novel, or scanning the “Also By” page of a book by one of your favorite authors, you’ve doubtlessly been struck with the same question at least once: How do they get all of their ideas? It’s seriously...

Behind the Quill: Researching with Holly Newman

I am a history junkie. I love history, and, in the past, I have been known to get lost in my research to the detriment of my novel writing. I’d chase details down a rabbit hole and become lost in a different world, like Alice in Wonderland. In wide-eyed wonderment,...