by amiemccracken | Sep 5, 2014 | editing, writing
Have you ever tried to write a novel? Did you hit somewhere around 10,000 words and then get stuck? That was me for the longest time. It took a lot of starts and stops for me to finally get a full novel written; now I have three. My friend Charlie at Urban...
by amiemccracken | Jul 11, 2014 | about me, editing, photography, Uncategorized, writing
I’m ready to let my hair down and go crazy. Let’s get this party started! Who has the spritzers? And the seven-layer dip? Okay, great. Chow down and sign up for the giveaways below. Then come over to the Facebook event for other fun stuff (story-telling...
by amiemccracken | Jul 10, 2014 | about me, books, editing, photography, writing
This has been a long time coming. It’s finally arrived. I’ve been gathering the pieces and building up to it for months. Here its is. The big reveal. My… …new brand. The website is ready. My team is assembled (consisting of me and sometimes a...
by amiemccracken | Jul 1, 2014 | books, editing, reading
I had the pleasure of attending the London Book Fair earlier this year. Not only was it an amazing opportunity to meet a lot of authors, I also had the chance to look at the industry and get a feel for where this publishing world is moving. I attended a lot of...
by amiemccracken | Aug 27, 2013 | editing
The Secrets to Becoming a Freelancer Those moments in your life when everything falls into place, those are the times when you are happiest. But what if you can make that happen instead of waiting for it? For the past few years I have been trying to break into the...
by amiemccracken | Apr 2, 2013 | book review, books, editing, reading, story
The ending to your story is just that, an ending – the finale, finish, fin, finis, kaput, over with, done, gone, ended. There is a finesse to ending a story correctly which includes things like tying up plot lines and giving the reader some satisfaction while also...
