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Big Old Words
Death to Word says Slate.
Elmore Leonard on Writing
Easy on the Adverbs, Exclamation Points and Especially Hooptedoodle. Via Bobulate.
Seeing The Future
This started as a comment about the future of publishing on Billie Sue Mosiman’s Facebook page (nice lady; buy her books), and I thought it worth preserving here. (Yes, I’m the sort of jerk who may drop a short essay … Continue reading
Big Bad Block
I’ve been thinking a little about writer’s block lately. Haven’t had it, thank goodness, just been thinking about it. A lot of people will tell you that writer’s block is a made-up thing. Plumbers and laborers and computer programmers don’t … Continue reading
Leaving The Pages Behind
It seems that pages may not be my friend. This is something I stumbled across by accident. When writing my last novel I tracked my progress by pages. It was important to me to use a word processor that displayed … Continue reading
Write a Successful Novel In Five Simple Steps
Want to write a novel and rake in some money? It’s very simple. Just follow these steps: Spend twenty years learning how to write, honing your craft. Spend twenty years learning about people and the world, so you have something … Continue reading
Don’t Buy The Bullshit
I’ll be brief. PIPA/SOPA isn’t about ‘protecting intellectual property rights.’ It’s about censorship, and giving big media companies (through the efforts of their paid mouthpieces in Congress), the ability to control what people see on the wild Internet. So, you … Continue reading
Close the Window, Pick Up The Phone
I was writing at the library the other day and for some reason my laptop wouldn’t latch onto the library’s WIFI. When I had to look up something or other, do a quick bit of research, I used my iPhone. … Continue reading
Sometimes Enough Is Enough
A common mistake that new writers make is over-explaining, particularly with background and backstory. I don’t know if it’s because the writers put so much into the background and feel like it has to be shared (sometimes in excruciating detail), … Continue reading
Should You Do It?
If you are a new writer, ask yourself these questions before you self-publish your novel: Has anyone but you read it? Anyone who doesn’t live with you? Anyone who has not at any time ever given birth to you? Did … Continue reading
