So, I have this little hang up when it comes to writing, whether I am writing a novel, a short story or an article. I have to get the first part right before I can move on. Once the first part is right, I can let it rip. I can write a Shitty First Draft, […]
I know, I know, you’ve been up night wondering when I was going to write the next installment of Make Money Writing Online. Pining and longing for the next chapter. Well, yearn no more, because here it is. So far in this series about making money writing online, we’ve discussed the dream and the reality […]
Well, as you probably know by now, movie and TV writers have gone on strike. And more power to ’em, I say. Writers are always the most under recognized and underpaid group, whether we’re talking Hollywood or the publishing industry. I’ve only worked in the most tangential way in Hollywood (had a screenplay I wrote […]
The Nanowrimo folks are sending out some pretty good "pep talks" to those who are officially registered as participants. The one that came today is from Naomi Novik. I love her ten words a day tip: The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn’t matter if you’re badly stuck, […]
A week or so ago, my buddy Roy sent me a lecture he’d downloaded from the Blackboard site of our MFA program. It was a pretty good lecture about rewriting, except that the author/lecturer started with a list of Rules. I capitalize the word because you could tell by the way the lecture was written […]
Because I can’t seem to find mine. Despite my plans to the contrary, I did not begin a new novel for Nanowrimo this morning, as I did two years ago on this date. Why? Because I’ve been neck-deep in revising that novel that I started two years ago on this date and as I’ve been […]
Its early yet here on the west coast, and not even dark yet, so I have a wee bit of time before the trick-or-treaters descend upon us. Actually, there probably won’t be much descending as certain of my neighbors have the utter gall to turn out their front porch lights and head to the bar […]
Halloween news flash: My wonderful friend Don Williams has featured Wordstrumpet as his site of the day. Don is a children’s book author who lives in St. John, New Brunswick, a city which fascinates me, and looks beautiful, if a bit cold. Don has a great blog which you should go visit, and I’d say […]
Okay, this is a quickie, folks. I’ve been writing all day, and all day the day before that, and all day the day before that, and, well, you get the idea. The bad news about all this writing is that I’m exhausted. The good news is that I keep remembering useful writing tips. Today’s writing […]
I’m not exaggerating, this is one of the most valuable tips I can give you. I’ve rediscovered it accidentally the last week or so, as I work on rewriting my novel. I wrote about it in the early days of this blog, in a post called Writing While You Sleep. (a wee bonus for those […]
