“The End” Maybe you’ve waited to type those word for thirty days in November, or maybe you’ve been waiting for several years, adding words to your novel whenever you could find a spare minute. Either way, you’ve finally completed your first novel. You call your friends and update your Facebook status and your non-writer friends […]
5 Steps to Writing and Selling Your First Short Story
One of the reasons I put off writing fiction for as long as I did was that I really had no clear idea of how to start. That might sound a bit foolish, but I honestly felt that if I had no means of publishing my fiction, then writing was basically a waste of time. […]
Don’t Be Afraid of Critique Groups
As new writers, we all experience the fear of rejection. Not from publishers and editors, but from friends and family. Nothing strikes more fear into the heart of an aspiring writer than the idea of a loved one handing you back your manuscript with a timid grin, saying, “It’s, uh, good.” Somehow it’s easier to […]
Five Links Friday 1/9/15
It’s already the second Friday of 2015 and there is no better time than today to introduce a feature that, until last week, I’ve done at my author site for the last few years. This is Five Links Friday, where I share the best blog posts or articles I read on the web over the week. […]
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