Recent content by Margaret

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    Announcement Pitchfest starts Wednesday!

    Agreed it would be nice to be linked to results
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    Pacing-Tension Pancakes are Not Plot with Margaret Bates

    Writing a full novel is a daunting prospect. As a writer, you have to fill between 75,000 – 120,000 or even more words based on genre expectations. But how do you make sure you can avoid that dreaded saggy middle? How do you know that each chapter and scene zings with tension and keeps readers...
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    Genre Going Pro: How to Ethically Repurpose Aspects of your Fanfic for Original Works with Margaret Bates

    Like it or not, over a decade ago, Fifty Shades of Grey changed the publishing game, and brought romance novels a new level of recognition and cache in the age of e-books. By now, most people know it started as Twilight fanfiction. However, did you know that the trend of authors going pro from...
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    Editing Editing for Authors with Margaret Bates

    You’ve done it! You’ve finished your first draft. Maybe even you’ve gone over your draft a few times and had some beta reader feedback as well. But you’re either not sure it’s ready to send off to an editor, or if you’re if you’ve decided to edit it all on your own, you’re not sure if you’ve...