Author Archives: Sandra Byrd

Can dog food help you sell your work?

Find critique partners and trade honest feedback.

Make sure your characters grow in each book, while leaving room for them to continue to mature.

The series author must both satisfy and tantalize the reader.

A series that satisfies publishers, readers, and writers takes forethought.

Weaving an unquestioningly believable plot is tough.

Ways to avoid jerking your reader out of your story world.

Critique partners are essential to the working writer. They provide readers (and hopefully, writers!) to bounce one’s work off of, to get honest feedback from, and to find both inspiration and direction, as needed. Because you are entrusting yourself and …