Michelle Dunbar | Sci-fi & fantasy editing (developmental)

This book from Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi, the authors of The Emotion Thesaurus, is the one I have been waiting for.
The Conflict Thesaurus is set up like the other books in their series: part how-to, part thesaurus. This guide shows writers how to maximize conflict and use it to build tension, drive the plot, reveal your character’s inner layers, and most importantly...

A short time ago (about two years if anyone’s counting) I participated in a critique group for deep pov run by Lisa Hall Wilson. I joined the critique group thinking I knew more about this pov than I actually did, and although I got a lot out of this...

On Christmas Eve, the lights go out.
Reclusive former soldier Liam Coleman doesn’t want to be anywhere near bustling downtown Chicago the day before Christmas, but his twin brother and pregnant sister-in-law need him.
Mere minutes after leaving O’Hare, their car crashes, along with hundreds of other vehicles. When Liam’s phone stops working, he knows something is very wrong....

For some time now (well over a year) I have had my eyes on training to be a writing/book coach. This came about as I often receive requests to do a developmental edit for very new authors, but sometimes an edit isn’t enough, or rather, it isn’t the right...