Nathan Bransford's blog

By the Time A Self-Published Author Hits it Big, Do They Really Need a Publisher?

This post title has been sitting in my Draft file for months, well before the news broke that self-publishing star John Locke inked a print-only deal with Simon & Schuster, choosing to continue to self-publish his own eBooks.

Being your own editor - a revision checklist for writers

After I finish a draft I let the manuscript sit for at least a couple of weeks and then go back and read it over. When I've made all the changes I want to make and have all of the big pieces in place I go down my revision checklist and make sure I haven't missed anything.