5 reasons your novel might need a line edit

5 reasons your novel might need a line edit

Just before Fabled Planet was born, I hesitated to add line editing to our list of services – solely because so few authors know what it is and how it can improve their manuscript. I included it anyway. Because the truth is, a lot of authors who come to an editor...
8 types of inciting event for your next fantasy story

8 types of inciting event for your next fantasy story

Do many of your fantasy stories start in a similar way? Perhaps with the protagonist witnessing a loved one being arrested, abducted, or killed. Or discovering a magical power they inherited from a mysterious, long-lost parent. Or being chosen to embark on a heroic...
How Lindsay Buroker made Dragon Storm unputdownable

How Lindsay Buroker made Dragon Storm unputdownable

(Warning: spoilers ahead.) Getting lost in a world of your own making is part of your job as speculative fiction writer. But to help your readers to settle into your world as comfortably as you do, you’ll sometimes have to step back from your story’s detailed...