by Melissa Boyce-Hurd I was elated to find out that I’d been given the opportunity to intern with Cornerstones, as they are a company with…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

‘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…

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…

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…