by Cindy Ervin Huff | Apr 19, 2022 | editing tips, Uncategorized, writing tips
You’ve written The End at last. Now it’s time to go over the entire manuscript again. You think you’ve found every typo, grammar error, and odd sentence. You think you’ve fixed any awkward scenes but alas, it may not be so. Here are three editing tips that will make a...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jul 15, 2021 | Marketing tips
Celebrities often give back to their fans or help another artist along the way. As a writer, I desire to do that too. Although I’ve published five books and more to come, I’m certainly not a celebrity. But I find it important to give back. I share what I’ve learned...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 11, 2021 | Book promotion, Uncategorized, Writing craft
I just finished book nine of my novel writing journey. Books four and five are coming out this year, and others are still in search of a home. One of the big keys to catching a publisher’s eye is a stellar first three chapters. In fiction, you can only send the first...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 6, 2021 | Uncategorized, Writing craft
This Sunday is Mother’s Day. The first one without my dear Mom. She passed in February. As I thought about my loss, the feelings of sadness and grief gripped me. Reflecting back on that moment now that it’s past, I realized I could use those feelings in my story...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Apr 27, 2021 | Uncategorized, Writing craft
Photo by fotografierende on Pexels.com As a pantster I don’t outline and plot much. Which can leave me forgetting the name of a character or changing their brown eyes to blue. Brown eyes can never be sapphire or blue eyes chocolate. And discovering that I’ve changed...