My Publishing Journey

Writer Mentorship Contests

By emilyrae | September 25, 2020

Mentorship Contests are big in the writing community. They’re a great way to find a mentor or an editor to whip your manuscript into shape. Who wouldn’t want that? The chance of winning may be slim, but these contests offer SO MUCH more than winning mentorship! Watch my video to find out how to get…

The Importance of Peer Review

By emilyrae | May 5, 2020

Unleashing your writing into the world is hard, but necessary! As a writer you need to get feedback because… Others will catch things you can’t Discover how your work is perceived by others Make connections and friends Keep you in the writing mindset What to do with feedback: Take what you think makes sense, but…

Camp NaNoWriMo

By emilyrae | April 1, 2020

April means #CampNaNoWriMo! Camp Nano is a virtual writing retreat driven by your own writing goals. Watch my video to learn more, and to find out what I did to prep my new novel for the event. I’m going to light a fire and get typing!

How I Took Advantage of PitMad

By emilyrae | March 6, 2020

The goal of PitMad is to write such an amazing book pitch that literary agents around the globe want to know more about it. They’ll tap/click that little heart, validating your idea is decent, and wait for your query letter and pages to hit their inbox. But… how do you gain the interest of a…

New Year, Embrace You: Conquer Those Resolutions!

By emilyrae | December 31, 2019

It’s the end of a decade, which naturally means the start of a new one. It’s often viewed as a blank slate, like a blank piece of paper waiting for a novel to be put onto it. For us writers, we know how difficult it is to put a new story down on a blank…

National Novel Writing Month

By emilyrae | November 28, 2019

This year for #NaNoWriMo2019, I chose to write multiple short stories with the goal of honing my writing ability. To do that, I did a few different things: I wrote a short story in first person, when I usually write in third. I’m often times too dialogue heavy, so I wrote two characters who spoke different…