You may be a natural.  Maybe you studied Creative Writing or English Composition in College, but don’t use that degree as a crutch or allow it to lull you into a false sense of security.

Competition is fierce.  Just because you know the mechanics or can put words together to form a grammatically and structurally sound sentence, doesn’t mean you can write a novel. Just because it sounds good to you, doesn’t make it a publishable piece of work, and remember, Grammar Is A Must-But Lose That English Teacher Writing!

If you’ve already started writing that number one best-seller, consider a pause to backtrack and gather the tools necessary to complete your task in a satisfactory manner.

You don’t have to put a lot of money into writing if you have a computer and the internet.  There’s a world of information right at your fingertips. I follow sites of successful-published authors, publishing agencies…