My Life is a Lie

With such a maze out there, we can never tell what we should or should not do until we attract someone’s wrath.  I’m here to give you a few tips to navigate this maze with the least amount of stress.

1. You see what worked for that author?  Don’t expect it to automatically work for you.  This goes for writing, editing, promoting, and everything.  Just a guidelines fits the story of a guy whose blog you follow, doesn’t mean it’s exactly what your story needs.  So, don’t alter your only copy to try it out and then find that it makes your work feel unnatural to you.
2. Just because a person is quoting a ‘rule’, doesn’t mean they actually know what they’re talking about.  Some of them picked it up in a seminar or reading a tip book without actually putting it into practice.  They quote…