A Writer's Ultimate Checklist to Self Publishing
As an author, you’ve put countless hours into writing and perfecting your book. Now, you’re ready to take the next step and self-publish...
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Shay Miranda
- Aug 1
- 1 min
An Author's Guide to Word Counts in Fiction
Whether you're going indie or traditional publishing, your novel's final word count matters. Traditional publishing has set industry...
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Shay Miranda
- Jul 25
- 1 min
A Writer's Guide to Proofreading
Proofreading is one of the last steps of your novel, but it might be one of the most important. Proofreading is reviewing a final draft...
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Shay Miranda
- Jul 11
- 5 min
My Novel Writing Process: Write Your Own Novel in 5 Easy Steps
Every author's writing process is different, but I still think sharing it is important, especially for fledgling writers who know what...
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Shay Miranda
- Jun 13
- 2 min
An Author’s Guide to Developmental Editing
Developmental editing is crucial to making sure your story flows overall. It is key for plot, character arcs, and wording. PLOT Make sure...
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Shay Miranda
- Jun 6
- 2 min
How to Get to Know Your Writing Style
Your writing style is unique to you, and is what sets you apart from other writers telling similar stories to you. Legendary writers like...
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Shay Miranda
- May 9
- 1 min
Writing Education: Books to Teach You
Writing is a career that requires constant learning and striving to be better, but often writers don’t have the resources to continue...
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Shay Miranda
- May 2
- 1 min
How to Develop a Writing Habit
Developing a writing habit can be tricky for people who might not have enough time in the day to write. Writing, like any other skill, is...
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Shay Miranda
- Apr 25
- 2 min
A Guide to Naming Your Characters
Naming your characters can be one of the hardest parts of starting your story, and it’s understandable. Naming a character you create is...
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Shay Miranda
- Apr 11
- 1 min
The 7 Act Story Structure
If you’re a plotter, then you know that writing out the plot arc of your work in progress is crucial to knowing the ending of your book....
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Shay Miranda
- Apr 4
- 2 min
How to Self-Edit Your Novel
So you’ve written a book, and you probably think it sucks. It’s time to run through your work and begin edits, but you don't know what...
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Shay Miranda
- Mar 28
- 2 min
Nobility Titles for Men
This is a follow-up post to a previous blog about noble titles for women. Writers love to write royalty into their works, but diversity...
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Shay Miranda
- Mar 21
- 2 min
Medical Dumps for Writers: Basic Trauma Medicine
Welcome, writers, to your basic trauma medicine lesson put together by your favorite veteran, who spent 5 years performing trauma...
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Shay Miranda
- Mar 7
- 1 min
30+ Character Traits and their Positive and Negative Uses
To create well-rounded characters, it’s important to make them as realistic as possible. This can mean seeing two sides of the positive...
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Shay Miranda
- Feb 28
- 2 min
How to Write Literary Fiction
Literary fiction is a unique variety of literature that focuses less on plot and more on character growth and themes. Classics such as To...
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Shay Miranda
- Feb 14
- 2 min
10 Tools for Writers
A writer’s toolkit is essential for sitting down to work on a novel. Many authors will develop a list of tools that work well for them...
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Shay Miranda
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Learn to Think Like an Artist: Brainstorming Ideas for Your Novel
Okay, so you’ve decided to write a novel. What’s next? Many writers will already have a passionate idea they care about, but if you don't...
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Shay Miranda
- Jan 24
- 2 min
Are you a writer with ADHD? Use these three tips to help you write.
Creativity has always come easy to me, even if hard work hasn’t. Doctors diagnosed me with ADHD as a kid and have been writing stories...
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Shay Miranda
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Medical Dumps for Writers: Injections
As a combat medic for the Marine Corps, I have gone through way too many trauma courses and medical courses. I love the random tidbits of...
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Shay Miranda
- Jan 10
- 2 min
Can’t write every day? Use this writing habit instead.
Some writers struggle to maintain a regular writing habit. This doesn’t make you any less of a writer. You are not less for not writing...
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