Planning a Book Launch

What is a Book Launch? Author Susan Calder introduces you to her method of having a successful and ultimate book launch.

BOOK LAUNCH: Susan Calder’s SPRING INTO DANGER

Join me at my book launch where I introduce my newest book - Spring Into Danger - hope to see you there! Susan Calder, author

Ready For Editing

IMPROVE YOUR WRITING READY TO EDIT At last! After months of work, I sent my novel-in-progress to my substantive editor. This is the editor who will delve into the overall story, characters, plot, and writing. She’ll point out places where I should dig deeper into my characters and flag scenes with ‘talking heads’ that would... Continue Reading →

Does Your Mystery Novel Series Need an Overall Story Arc?

I write my novels using the Three Act Structure, with aspects of The Hero’s Journey. Since the middle act is twice as long as the others, I treat it as a four-act structure. As I finished Winter’s Rage, it struck me that the first three books in the series echoed the first three acts of each novel.

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