I originally was going to call this post, "Writing In a Pandemic." Unfortunately I haven't been doing much of that. At first I was really down on myself for letting all this free time go to waste, but as I talked to more writers I found that this seems to be the situation for many. …
There, I said it. Though I feel I may need to clarify things. My writing is not terrible, I'm just very bad at sitting down to write. If anything these last few weeks inside have made me realize all the excuses I've made for not finishing this or starting that are just excuses. Time is …
I heard about a little Twitter dust-up from Nathan Bransford's blog: One of the Fastest Paths to Rejection: Implying You Don't Read Much. There isn't much that I can add other than, Are you kidding me? I know the urge on Twitter is to rev up those couple of hundred characters and voice an opinion, …
While perusing my RSS feed I came upon a post I'd like to share with you from Anne R. Allen's wonderful blog. It's title is Don’t Give Your Readers a Reason to Reject your Novel and if some of you are like me you'll need to hear this again. We've all been guilty of one …
I spotted this gem on the interwebs. It comes from Nathan Bransford's awesome blog. https://blog.nathanbransford.com/2020/01/nail-every-characters-first-impression This has some great advice for introducing characters and is something I know I fumble a bit with. It's really important to make everything a part of the story. Nobody wants to read through pages of stuff that the writer …
It's NaNoWriMo again. Man that came up fast, didn't we just do this last year? Actually I have never done a NaNoWriMo challenge. I guess I am this month. I had a unique idea come to me in my sleep and figured I'd give a crack at getting it all down. Along with that, I …
My editor returned the manuscript to me, and included with it was a thirteen page assessment of the work covering, characters, setting, plot, POV, and voice. It is quite thorough and at first a shot to the ego. This is the most challenging part of the writing process. Your work is laid bare and dissected. …
I came across this piece on Anne R. Allen's blog. I know I have experienced a host of starts and stalls with my writing. My family and friends are always there with support, especially my wife. Still I can see how for some that might not be the case. Read on and see: How Well-Intentioned …
I know I may get some comments on how wrong I am. Still, I know I am not a fan of reading them and I wouldn't use them. They had their place for world building or setting up a dramatic arc, but I think there are more interesting ways for a writer to achieve this. …
I came across this post on The Book Designer.com. It contains some really helpful information. Having published four books on Kindle, I've seen and received so many questions on how to self-publish a book. It is daunting but not impossible. Articles like this provide much of what you need to know. The process also changes …
