It’s the final month of the year already. Maybe it’s just me, but this year went by way too fast. I feel like I got a lot done, but there’s so much more I would have liked to accomplish. But that’s that type of stuff that should be reserved for a year-end post, not a […]
October Progress Report and November Goals (2016)
Happy Halloween! And happy final day of October. I’ll say this has been a pretty good month. (Ignoring the ongoing thing about my house caving in upon itself.) In the world of non-writing stuff, we took the kids to a bunch of Halloween things and they’re totally ready to fill up those bags of candy […]
Make Some Writer Friends
Like a lot of writers, I tend to avoid talking about my own writing to non-writers. It’s not that I try to hide it–that would be impossible, especially since it’s become such an important part of who I am–but I just don’t usually feel like talking about a hobby to people that don’t share the […]
Thoughts from Nebraska Writers Guild Fall Conference 2016.
It’s been a great, inspirational, and educational couple of months for me, with the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold conference in September and the Nebraska Writers Guild Fall Conference this month. This was my fourth NWG conference, and I found it to be the most valuable one so far. The sessions this time followed […]
Five Links Friday 9/23/16
Hey, it’s fall!! It’s also the end of another successful week. Had some good writing stuff going on this month so far and it will only get better from here. Here are another 5 Links for you to read this weekend. Enjoy! 1. Editing is hard. And you can miss so much when you self-edit […]
Back from Denver
I came home from Colorado two years ago and had no reservations telling the world that my life had changed forever. It was the first time I attended the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Colorado Gold Conference and I was blown away. And I don’t mean by that merciless Colorado wind, either. I had never attended […]
Five Links Friday 7/15/16
We’re back for another Five Links Friday! Enjoy! 1. Let’s start off with the bad guys. Here is The Ultimate Guide To Creating An Authentic Villain by Kyla Bagnall at Writer’s Edit. This is a long, great post that everyone writing genre fiction should read. 2. Here’s a very interesting article from DNAInfo looking at […]
Podcast Episode 14 – Presenting at Writing Conferences
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott talk about what it takes to present at a writing conference, how to become a presenter and how to prepare for a presentation or sit on a panel. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS. About […]