Staying in Your Lane (And Other Publishing Woes)
Authors of Color and often LGBT writers always talk about “staying in your lane” when it comes to other writers that don’t share a marginalization with the character they are writing. More often than not, this is seen as a really restricting view on writing, as if POC are telling other writers NOT TO WRITE […]
Feedback with a pinch of salt
I’ve raved about the importance of finding the right CPs and beta readers before, and I’ll say this again. It’s really important to keep this in mind. NOT ALL FEEDBACK WILL BE RIGHT FOR YOUR BOOK. Repeat with me: NOT ALL FEEDBACK WILL BE RIGHT FOR YOUR BOOK. This is really important to remember. I […]