My little guy isn’t so little anymore, as he just turned six. It’s great to see him growing up and so much fun watching him learn and teach his younger siblings everything he knows about the world. But he wasn’t always a big brother. There was that small amount of time where it was just […]
Get to know your genre before it’s too late
I don’t often go outside the typical genres of fantasy, soft science, and horror, with a few notable exceptions for humor and my novel, which happened to be YA. But I decided to take my chances and try writing in a genre of which I know very little: crime. I guess I shouldn’t say I […]
Writing when your heart’s not in it
If you read this blog for any amount of time, you’ve no doubt noticed that I often struggle with the balance between writing, real life, and the job. Sometimes that even makes me cranky, stressed, or sad. š <- See the sad face to the left for graphical representation. This brings me to a night […]
The Reading Process I Use At My Ezine
This is part three of my impromptu series of posts about running an ezine. In the first part, I looked at what types of opening sentences I don’t like to see, and in part two I looked at the types of endings that are likely to result in a rejections. So here I would like […]
Five Type of Endings I Don’t Like to See
Since yesterday I talked about some of the ways I don’t like to see a story begin at Theme of Absence, I thought it would be a good idea to share what types of endings maybe lead to a rejection. A predictable (or cliche) twist ending I’ve written about these things before, but if you’re […]
Five Things I Don’t Like to See in a First Sentence
I’ve often claimed that I can tell if I’ll accept or reject a story at Theme of Absence as early as the first sentence. Mind you, I don’t actually make that decision until I finish the piece (if flash fiction) or read at least of third of it (if a longer piece). But still, in […]
The only surefire way to get better at this “writing” thing
I know this is old advice, but it’s always worth repeating. If you want to get better at something, you need to practice.Ā That means if you want to be a writer, you have to write. In fact, you have to write every day. Seriously. See, here it is in bold: write every day.Ā And […]
Three Writing Ideas I’ve Changed My Mind About
I’ve been writing for a while now, and while I still look back on those first couple of years where everything was fun, new, and exciting, I still had a few wrong ideas about the craft. And had I not corrected them, they may still be holding me back today. So with that said, here […]
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