April 8, 2019 Why Most Writers Get Rejected By Publishers Still going through my impressions from the writer’s convention! I want to make sure my fellow authors know I am not criticizing them –… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest 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: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
April 1, 2019 Why Learning Story Structure Benefits you Good news – this isn’t an April Fools day joke, because you’re about sick of them. What one thing do you need to learn… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
January 3, 2018 Writing This Year’s Novel Can you write this year’s novel? Absolutely. One of the things I’ve been writing about is those people who sit and spend eleven years… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest 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: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 13, 2017 Essential Keys to the Writer’s Notebook It doesn’t matter what kind of notebook you get. I like a small one (9.5X6) because that way I can carry it around with… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 12, 2017 The Next Steps in the Novel Challenge Okay, in the last few days, we got the mechanical stuff set up for the novel. We’re about to really start our planning soon,… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 10, 2017 Writing a Short Story Writing a short story is vastly different from writing a novel. Many short stories literally are what it takes for me to even get… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 8, 2017 Starting your novel project in Scrivener The first thing you’re going to do is get Scrivener, and then get the template. I’m probably going to try a mystery, because I’ve… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
December 7, 2017 Six Important Keys to Scene Introductions Years ago, when I was a kid, I remember my dad going off on intro lines to books. He made a big deal about… Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn