by Sarah Sundin @sarahsundin Shakespeare tells us, “All the world’s a stage.” For the novelist, the challenge is to take our setting from a cardboard cutout of a stage to illuminating depth. Choosing Your Setting The initial choice of setting is often driven by a story spark. We already know it’s set on the prairie in the 1880s or an …
The Enigma of Endorsements
by Barbara M. Britton @BarbaraMBritton When you open a novel, you tend to find a page or two of praise. We call these sentences filled with complimentary words endorsements. Are endorsements necessary for a successful book? I perused my shelves of books and found that novella collections usually do not have endorsements. Novella collections sell well in the marketplace. Perhaps …