June 17, 2019 Writing Progress So Far I don’t know why, but I seem to mentally be ahead of the current date. It feels like July to me, maybe because the… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 13, 2019 Superfluous Words That. So. In (conclusion). Very. Just. Definitely. Then. Rather. Somewhat. Certainly. Quite. Absolutely. Really. Literally. Somehow. Began. Start. Cut. Remove. There’s a few others,… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 3, 2019 The Hardest Lesson to Learn As a Writer After I’d written novel five (and abandoned number 4, because it had derailed), I was sent a video from a producer I was working… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 2, 2019 The Perils of Writer Overconfidence Going back through old blog posts, I saw my estimates of my progress in a post written two years ago. I know I sound… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 14, 2019 Editing Your Novel De-Mystified Editing I hate editing. I think most writers hate editing. I love the writing process, the creating. But I hate to edit. I mean,… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 5, 2019 The Secret Behind Writing Fiction I’ve been digesting all the lessons learned from the writer’s convention. I encourage all of you to attend one, whether you have any manuscripts… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
January 28, 2018 Editing your novel 1 Every writer sets out to write their novel, and thinks once you’ve finished writing it, it’s done. There’s even a famous scene in a… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 18, 2017 Self Editing Editing. The ugly word. We’d all like to think that our first draft is perfect, and that the publisher is going to instantly write… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 5, 2017 Cutting words It’s difficult to cut words from a novel. I wrote those words. It felt right to write them. But I have 196,000 words in… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn