Jacque Stevens

Go you! And I really am excited, so forgive me if I’m still looking at you like a mother looks at her toddler stumbling around. You’re so cute and you learned so much, but you have SO much more to learn, young grasshopper. So what do you do? Research Writing- Notice this comes after writing the book to me. Why? Well, because there’s tons of advice out there and even the “experts” disagree. They can quickly crush the spirits of anyone with only a passing resolve and a few chapters to their name. But once you get to the point where you have written a book, you really need to start looking at what those experts have to say and learn to apply it. Read writer blogs, agent blogs, and books on

That is so awesome! And as someone who has written a few books herself, here is my profound advice: Write a book. Serious. Just sit down and write it. Type letters that form words and words that form sentences and sentences that form pages until you have a book. Then erase more than half of them and try again. Rinse and repeat. There really is no better way to learn! And while you go, you will naturally learn a bit about creating characters. You will learn about plot. You will learn your personal style and voice. And if nothing else, you will learn if you really want to write a book. How do I write a book? Besides the whole sitting down and typing thing, I really don’t know how you