Hey, it’s time again for Five Links Friday! Hope you enjoy. 1. Let’s start with an older post by Barbara Rogan looking at conflict in fiction: Blood, Sweat, and Tears. 2. Too much backstory a huge problem for new writers. Here is a post on Weaving Backstory Into Frontstory by James Scott Bell at Writer […]
Five Links Friday 10/6/17
First Friday in October! Here are Five Links for ya. 1. Accepting Criticism is one of the most difficult parts of being a writer. Here are some tips on How To Cope With Criticism As An Author by Derek Haines at Just Publishing Advice. 2. So You Want to Write a Novel? Here is a […]
Five Links Friday 9/8/17
Hey, time again for Five Links Friday. Enjoy the stuff and have a great weekend! 1. Let’s start with a post by Mark Nichol at Daily Writing Tips with 3 Errors Involving Correlative Conjunctions. 2. Marketing isn’t fun. Nor is it easy. Here are 119 Book Marketing Ideas That Can Help Authors Increase Sales by […]
Five Questions to ask yourself when revising
Revising your manuscript is one of the most difficult things in writing. Many authors will tell you that revising a novel is far more difficult than writing it in the first place. And I get it. I have an unpublished novel that revising has been a complete nightmare on. A lot of the problems with […]
The most used words in my novels
The other day I told someone an submission editor at a place I sent something to counted the number of “that”s on the first page and included that in the rejection now. I just remembered that I was wrong. The word he counted was “was”. And the number was 34. Even in this small post […]
Five Links Friday 5/12/17
Another busy week is in the books. And speaking of books, I started listening to the first book of Robert Jordan’s Wheel of Time series in the car. I haven’t read that type of fantasy in decades, and so far it’s not too bad. I’ll give it a chance for a couple of books and […]
What to look for in a writing group
I’ve talked about critique groups before and how important it is to have a group of writer friends, but I haven’t talked too much about what to look for in a group to make sure it’s a good fit. This is vital because if you’re getting feedback from the wrong people, it can hurt your […]
Editing and the Creative Process
Here are a couple of quotes that I would like to share (I can’t tell you at the moment who to credit for them, but if you know, leave a comment at the bottom of this post.): “Editing kills the creative process” and “Writing is the honeymoon, editing is the marriage” Both quotes tell you […]
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