Writing and Publishing: Where Do I Start?
I wanted to write a novel, so to begin, I wrote a novel. I thought this made a terrific amount of sense. Turns out, this might not have been the best first step. In retrospect, I think it maybe...
View ArticleTen Tips from Stephen King’s On Writing
I mentioned in one of my first posts that I’ve been reading a lot of books on writing and publishing that I hoped to put together into a separate writer’s resource page. That will still happen....
View ArticleQuestions to Ask While Revising
James Scott Bell’s book Plot and Structure has some useful information, but I would rank this one as more of library loan instead of a must own. Plot and pacing come more naturally to me. Description...
View ArticleMy Seven Deadly Stylistic Sins
When I first started writing fiction, I didn’t understand why authors often only publish a book a year, two if they’re prolific. Several of my favorite authors publish even more infrequently than...
View ArticleThe Book That Ruined My Life
The post title might be a teensy bit melodramatic, but I wish it were more for effect than it is. I’ll try to briefly explain. If you have written a book and not yet been published, or you self...
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