Every author’s process is different, and we’re always interested in hearing about how an author manages to move from an idea to a fully-fledged book. We recently sat down with Spun Yarn author Steve Wechselblatt to talk about the strange journey his mystery novel has taken from genesis to execution.

In the digital age, there are so many tools that you’ll be overwhelmed if you’re not extremely intentional about what your writing goals are. Which tools best serve each step of the journey? Part of the work of writing is learning which tools work best in the researching, drafting, editing, pre-publishing, and post-publishing stages.

Before we start to curate an author's Spun Yarn Manuscript Report, we ask how far along they think they are in the editing process, on a scale of 1 - 10. The average score over a hundred manuscripts? 7.3. We also track every manuscript's scores from readers, who are comparing the manuscript they've just to other well-known books in the genre. The average overall score? 6 / 10. There's a gap here. It's grayish, smudgy around the edges, and rrrrrreally annoying to authors.

It’s that time of year again! Time to stress over what to give the writer you’ve already given a zillion writing mugs, notebooks, and tee shirts over the years. This creative list of holiday gifts for writers will score you some major points.

Our co-founder Sean Hewens talks about “moments that matter” in writing: that one hour of feedback after so much time alone with your manuscript.

At The Spun Yarn, we've analyzed more than 120 full reads' worth of comments on 40 manuscripts, and we like to think of ourselves as beta reader decoders. In this post, we cover beta reader comments on Secondary Characters. 5 comments about secondary characters and what they mean for your revision.

5 Things I Learned From my Novel Feedback. It’s the next step toward getting your book published, but it takes courage and know-how about what to do with your novel feedback. Here’s what I learned about how to make the most of my Spun Yarn Feedback.