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One of the most important things a writer can do is read, read, read. Read books from your genre, outside of your genre, bestsellers, nonfiction, fiction, etc. Even reading an awful book can teach you something about the craft.

Do you guys think I have enough horses on my bookshelf?…

Meet the Staff: Junior Editor, Gabrielle Upshur

The Rules of the Game: Introduce yourself, providing a little background on your role at REUTS and any other important tidbits.

I kind of liked when Ashley called y’all REUTies, so I’m going to do that! Hi REUTies 🙂 I’m Gabrielle, an editor at REUTs. That means I get to read…

Cover Design on a Budget

Where to begin when it comes to book cover design? To start, it’s best that you’ve read the book and truly understand what the author is trying to convey through their story. Or, if you’re unable to read through from cover to cover, asking the author what their vision…

Meet The Staff: Founder, Creative Director Ashley Ruggirello

The Rules of the Game:

Introduce yourself, providing a little background on your role at REUTS and any other important tidbits.
Post a photo of yourself. 
Post eleven random facts about yourself. 
Answer the questions given to you by the tagger’s post.
Create 11 new questions and tag someone to answer them. 

Got it? Good,…

We’re pleased to introduce…

As many of you know, REUTS is still in the baby phase of existence.  I mean, we’re only six months old! Can you believe it? We launched November of last year, and our team is small, but we’ve got a lot of awesome things going on behind the scenes. We’ve…

Meet the Staff: Senior Editor Kisa Whipkey

Last week, I was tagged on my personal blog (Nightwolf’s Corner) by Andrew Toynbee (author of A Construct of Angels) in one of those interview games that introduces readers to the person behind the words. And I realized that the ladies of REUTS Publications have never been properly introduced…

What Editors Look For: Chapter One

I’m pretty sure that somewhere out there is a book written entirely about crafting your novel’s first chapter. It’s a science and an art form at the same time, and it never gets any easier, no matter how many books you write. With your first chapter, you have to…

What Editors Look For: Mechanics

If you know what someone wants, it becomes that much easier to give it to her. Outside of genre and word length preferences, editors look for some basic things in a manuscript that’s been submitted to them. One of those things is good grammar and spelling.

Never underestimate the power…

Divorce Your Words; Save Your Story

Revision. For many writers, I may as well have said Root Canal. They dread it like they do a jury duty summons. They know it’s necessary but hate every second of it.

I’m not one of those writers. Revision is actually my favorite part. There’s something so satisfying in tearing…

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