So maybe I’m a terrible person, but in the distant past I used to kind of (silently) make fun of those writers who would talk about getting so hung up on world-building that they haven’t even begun their book yet. I was like, What the Hell? World-building? How boring is that? Just shut up and […]
Writing friends and critique groups
One thing I found when I “came out” as a writer is that there are writers everywhere. It seems like everybody knows somebody who is either trying their hand at the craft or thinking about starting, and most seem ready to talk to other writers about it. It can be so beneficial to get together […]
You have two hours to write. Make it count!
Say you only have a little over an hour each day to write. (That would be me.) “Real” job, kids & family, cleaning, cooking, commuting, reading, working out, and paying bills are all things that get in the way of writing. Most of those are good things, by the way (not cleaning; cleaning sucks), but […]
Is Your Villain Stealing the Show?
I’ve always liked the bad guys. In the 80s it was Roddy Piper over Hulk Hogan. Cobra Commander over Duke. Mumm-Ra over Lion-O. And then in the 90s, my wrestling fandom got to enjoy bad guys like Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, and The Mountie (he always gets his man). Later it was the nWo and […]
Looking at Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for Good Writing
I saw a pin the other day that listed ten short writing tips and attributed it to a guy named Elmore Leonard. So I looked him up and his story checks out. In addition to selling tens of millions of copies of his novels and selling screenplays to a handful of successful Hollywood movies, he […]
Think Big, Start Small
Most new writers don’t have a big publishing house show up at their front door and offer them a six-figure book deal out of the blue. Shocking, I know. But it’s worth saying. Like anything else, finding success in writing doesn’t happen overnight. It takes years of practice and hard work. You have to be […]
Five Links Friday 5/26/17
Hey, it’s Friday again! Hope you had a good and productive week. My recovery from the accident isn’t going as quickly as I hoped and I’m still a little slow and pained out in a lot of places, so a good collective “Awww” would be nice 🙂 Anyhow, on to the links! 1. Here’s an […]
Interstate Writing Time
Making my hour-long commute home today in taught me a couple of things. The first and possibly most important is that it would be nice to have a working air conditioner in my car. Sure the weather has been great here lately (by “great” I mean dark, rainy, and dreary) but we all know what […]
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