The craft of writing fiction is not often taught – and when taught poorly can frustrate writers. I tried a class when I was sixteen,…
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
Writing Your Next Blockbuster Film or Novel
The craft of writing fiction is not often taught – and when taught poorly can frustrate writers. I tried a class when I was sixteen,…
I’ve got a minor hobby in addition to writing – learning foreign languages. Apparently, I’ve got quite an ear for it. A professional Mandarin translator…
Sorry, just don’t have the time to come up with one of those clever headlines about “65 ways to clean cat whiskers that will leave…
A lot of inspiring authors start NaNoWriMo every year, hopeful that this will be the year they finally win NaNo. They try the first day,…
One of the questions best selling novelists get the most from readers and potential authors alike is “Where do you get your ideas?” It often…
Okay. Well. So… This is an article about… See those words? It’s called procrastinating. Probably 90% of the videos on YouTube in one particular genre…
Continuing my chatty talk about my novels and their inspirations. Sometimes when you write a novel, you plan it – and three sentences into the…
Last of my introspection days, then we’ll be back to “12 easy hacks for unpeeling an orange”. Sometimes editing requires ADDING words. I have two…
It’s truly sad. I’m always pained by stories of writers who sent their novels out too soon. Recently, I read about a writer who sent…
If you study blogging, which I did once upon a time, I hit upon a lot of people who tell you exactly how to blog…