Kyleen Wren 11/18/25 Kyleen Wren 11/18/25

Tips For Beta Readers (+FREE Beta Reading Checklist)

I was scrolling Tiktok yesterday, and a writer popped up on my FYP asking about beta reading. It got me thinking back to the first couple manuscripts I beta read, and how completely lost I felt, even though I’d taken creative writing classes and knew how to provide feedback to writers.

Kyleen Wren 3/1/25 Kyleen Wren 3/1/25

Querying Update (Project SU)

Back in the trenches! I’m querying SU even though it doesn’t quite fit neatly into any category because I can’t not query it.

Kyleen Wren 10/25/24 Kyleen Wren 10/25/24

Help Find My Genre! (Giveaway)

Everything I write is within the larger speculative fiction umbrella, namely fantasy. But from there it gets… complicated.

Kyleen Wren 10/21/24 Kyleen Wren 10/21/24

Nobody Said It Was Easy

I may be querying an entirely different project, come the new year… My science fantasy manuscript is ready for its chance.

Kyleen Wren 6/14/24 Kyleen Wren 6/14/24

Using AI for Writing

Ever since Chat GPT became so widely available and widely used, it seems the writing/bookish community has been actively considering and debating the implications such a tool might have on the future of the entire publishing industry.

Kyleen Wren 5/8/24 Kyleen Wren 5/8/24

The Waiting Space

I may have a Taurus-heavy chart, but patience has never been one of my strongest personal qualities. Hard-working, persistent, reliable? Sure. But patient? Absolutely not.