Goodreads asked Brenda J. Webb:

What’s your advice for aspiring writers?

Brenda J. Webb First, if you do not have good grammar and punctuation, find someone willing to 'fix' all your errors before you begin. A lot of betas (friends, relatives) are not willing to do all the work required to change those kind of mistakes and beta your story too. And, while hiring an editor for the book is possible, a stranger will not always do the best job. Second, if you do not know what point-of-view or telegraphing is, take a writing course (there are some online) before you begin. Third, if you plan to write period stories, learn about the period before you tackle a story set in that era. You should not use modern language for a tale set in the 1800s. Fourth, if you do not have good story-telling skills, perhaps you are meant to paint, draw, sew instead of write.

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