In the past (and I mean the distant, distant past), I’ve caught myself making blanket statement like “There’s not such thing as writer’s block” or “Writer’s block isn’t a writing problem; it’s a motivation problem” or “Writer’s block is a self-imposed frame of mind. Get over it.” While there might be a grain of truth […]
Face your (writing) fears
When I first started tinkering around with writing fiction so many years ago, I went out and read several magazines and browsed through a bunch of books on writing. I didn’t set out to find anything specific; just some basic knowledge to arm myself with as I got started. The one piece of advice that […]
Write Every Day
Much to my disappointment, I let some drama at the day job mess with my head a bit in the last couple of weeks and my writing (as well as my overall attitude) has suffered for it. Things are mostly okay now, but it got me thinking. Did I use my moping around as an […]
Light the candles, dim the lights, and set the mood for…
…some sweet lovin’. Just kidding. I’m talking about writing. Specifically, I’m talking about writing horror. I used to think I didn’t write a massive amount of horror, but over half of my published short stories are horror, or at least contain elements of it. (And now that October is right around the corner, I’m feeling […]
Time Travel and Second Chances
So the other day, my six-year-old got this evil/snarky grin on his face and asked to borrow my phone while I was kneeling on the ground playing with the baby. I probably should have known better, but I still handed it over. He switched on the camera and took a picture of something above me, […]
Using Scrivener to “fix” my draft
I’ve talked a little about a fantasy trilogy I’m working on. It’s a lot of fun, but I keep running into difficult world-building things that get in the way of the real writing. Things like seasons, and farming, and how to measure time. (Is it okay to use a 24-hour rotation, and words like “summer” […]
WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING AT ME!!!
As the only dude reading submissions for Theme of Absence, I see a lot of “rules” of writing that should never be broken. (Yes, I understand that rules are meant to be broken, but that comes in a more general sense, and you need to understand why exactly the unofficial rules of writing exist before […]
Finding motivation when your heart’s not in it.
I have to admit that it’s sometimes hard to stay motivated. There are months where I feel like I’ve kept up on all of my writing goals, achieved a handful of minor successes, and even improved as a writer. But then there are also months where I feel like I’m a “writer” in the same […]
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