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Tag: Writing Novels

The Inner Secrets of My Novels

Continuing my chatty talk about my novels and their inspirations. Sometimes when you write a novel, you plan it – and three sentences into the…

When You Don’t Have Enough Words

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…

The Number One Reason Your Manuscript Will be Rejected

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…

7 Mind Shattering Reasons My Easygoing Blogging Manner gets Zero Hits

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…

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 usually…

Writing Cliche’s You Should Eliminate Immediately

Once upon a time… a writer chose a visual so powerful it hit every reader, and created an emotional reaction. “A single tear ran down…

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, but…

Why Writers Need to Beware the Self Publishing Trap

Many years ago, I taught music for a living. I was constantly trying to fill my schedule with enough students to make a good living.…

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 with…

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 like…