Book editor Kristen Hamilton is the owner and sole employee of Kristen Corrects, Inc., where she provides manuscript editing services for self-publishing and traditionally publishing authors. Several authors whose books she has edited have won awards and have topped Amazon's best sellers lists. Reading is Kristen’s passion, so when the workday is over, she can usually be found curled up with a good book alongside her three cats. In her free time she enjoys playing video games, dancing adult ballet, speaking French, watching scary movies, tending to her courtyard, and traveling to tropical destinations. She lives with her husband and sons outside of Boise, Idaho.
Rhythm in your writing is one mark of a talented author. Rhythm in writing is defined as the way the words and sounds come together, usually to create a beat. (For example, long sentences might sound smoother but more rich and complex, and short sentences are… Read More »8 Ways to Vary Sentences in a Novel
A query letter is a make-or-break deal: It’s your one shot to impress an agent and convince them that your manuscript is worth a second glance. As agents and publishers can receive upwards of hundreds of query letters and book pitches each month, it’s important that your… Read More »How to Write a Query Letter that Sells
If you’re an author going the self-publishing route, a major part of making sure your book will sell is to put out a quality book product. If you want your book to appeal to readers, you’ll need to make sure your book is as polished… Read More »Everything You Need to Self-Publish a Quality Book – And How Much it Costs
The central conflict of a story is like an engine that drives the book. Without a central source of conflict (or, better, several sources of conflict), many aspects of the book suffer: the pacing, the tension, and overall reader engagement, ultimately detracting from the overall… Read More »How to Set Up Conflict in Your Novel
Setting is the location and time in which the book’s story takes place. Setting can include geography and time period, and can take place on Earth (past, present, or future) or in a made-up world. In many cases, setting is an auxiliary element to build… Read More »How to Describe Setting in Your Novel
