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February 19, 2021 by Helen Bryant / 162 /0 comments

My experience as an Editorial Intern at Cornerstones by Melissa Boyce-Hurd I was elated to find out that I’d been given the opportunity to intern…

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Magical Mentoring

October 9, 2020 by Helen Bryant / 604 /0 comments

In today’s blog post, Cornerstones alum Rob Tye tells us about his magical mentoring experience and how it helped him secure agent representation for his…

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09 Oct
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The Six Rs of Self-Editing

July 17, 2020 by Helen Bryant / 1681 /0 comments

Dodge, duck, dip, dive, dodge? We’ve got a new mantra for budding writers out there: presenting Helen’s ‘six Rs of self-editing’! As seen over at…

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What is the Real Value of an Editing Partnership?

June 25, 2020 by Helen Bryant / 1430 /0 comments

Cornerstones alumna and debut novelist Kate Bradley talks about her experience working with Cornerstones, and the value editing partnerships have brought to her writing journey…

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The Importance of Editing Your Novel the Professional Way

March 2, 2020 by Helen Bryant / 1106 /0 comments

Writing — what is it? Getting words onto the page, expressing your thoughts and ideas, creating a story? Yes, all that. But the process also…

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Q&A with Edit Your Novel course tutor Kathryn Price

January 30, 2020 by Helen Bryant / 1454 /0 comments

If you have finished your first draft and are wondering what to do next, why not take our online course? Taking your novel from final…

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Cornerstones turns 21

November 13, 2019 by Helen Bryant / 1649 /0 comments

by Helen Corner-Bryant Twenty-one years ago, on a rainy November evening, I was in Penguin editorial looking at piles of unsolicited manuscripts. On my desk…

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October 25, 2019 by Helen Bryant / 1433 /0 comments

The Army of Wolves Shortlisted for the Kindle Storyteller Award 2019 by Claire Moore I was so thrilled when The Army of Wolves was shortlisted…

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What Am I Writing?: Young Adult vs Middle Grade

January 25, 2019 by Helen Bryant / 6001 /0 comments

by Michele Rubin, Cornerstones US Managing Editor   There is a world of difference between writing for middle grade readers versus writing for young adult…

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11 Steps to Publishing Your Novel

December 18, 2018 by Helen Bryant / 2471 /0 comments

by Helen Corner-Bryant If you’ve just finished NaNoWriMo or you have a first draft of a novel, don’t let this go to waste! Here’s a…

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18 Dec
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SoA Grants, Prizes, and Funding

October 29, 2018 by Helen Bryant / 3492 /0 comments

At Cornerstones, we’re committed to the writer’s cause. We truly believe every story matters, and are here to help passionate authors develop and share stories…

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29 Oct
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August 17, 2018 by Helen Bryant / 1847 /0 comments

The Missing Girl and my road to publication by Jenny Quintana When I was a child, I loved reading and writing stories and I dreamed…

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August 10, 2018 by Helen Bryant / 2010 /0 comments

How an online editing course helped take my novel to the next stage By Stella Soerensen, Edit Your Novel alumna Having been on several writing…

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August 10, 2018 by Helen Bryant / 1994 /0 comments

The Girl in the Letter by Emily Gunnis ‘I’ve sold my book!’ I squealed down the phone to my husband Steve, as my mother, who…

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July 5, 2018 by Helen Bryant / 2137 /0 comments

Editing and The Synapse Sequence By Daniel Godfrey The Arena. That was the name of New Pompeii in its original draft form, moving briefly through its…

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July 5, 2018 by Helen Bryant / 1832 /0 comments

‘The Dead Ex’ and My Road to Publication By Jane Corry As a child, I was always writing stories and poems. It was all I…

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May 22, 2018 by Helen Bryant / 2777 /0 comments

Guiding (Corner)stones along the path to publication! by Cherry Radford, Cornerstones alumna  Looking at my smiling face on Urbane Publications’ website, I’m sparing a thought…

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May 16, 2018 by Cornerstones / 2463 /0 comments

Why I asked my brilliant publisher to stop selling my book! (And then they bought it back again) By Helen Corner-Bryant, founding director of Cornerstones…

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