In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott talk about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). What is it? Why should you do it? How can you prepare for it? Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS and YouTube. About the hosts Jason Bougger lives […]
Stay Positive and Learn from “Better” Writers
I know I’m not the greatest writer in the world. And that’s a knock at myself; none of us are the greatest writer in the world. The key is to become aware of our strengths and make them our focus, while also becoming aware of our weaknesses and working to improve on them. It’s good […]
7 Things About Writing I Would Tell Myself 7 Years Ago
I wrote the first draft of my first short story one snowy night over Christmas break in 2009. It was a silly little story about alien abductions from the aliens’ point of view. It was eventually published at The WiFiles under the title of Breeding Ground, and it’s worth a look if you want a […]
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 […]
The Hidden Benefit of Writing a Synopsis
It goes something like this: Writing is fun. Reading (your own work) is tolerable. Revising is hell. Writing a synopsis is self-inflicted torture. I think that pretty much sums up my experiences in the novel-writing process. Way back when, when I was querying Holy Fudgesicles, I have to admit that I hated writing a synopsis […]
Podcast Episode 7: Small Press Publishing
In this episode of the Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott discuss Jason’s experience with small press publishing. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS. About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife and kids. He is the author of the YA novel, […]
Podcast Episode 6: Self Publishing
In this episode of the Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott discuss what goes into self publishing a book as Scott shares what he learned self publishing his nonfiction book Loomis: The Phoenix of Phelps County. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS. About the hosts Jason […]
Who is Mary Sue and How Can You Kill Her?
So after watching Star Wars: The Force Awakens, I went over to one of my favorite movie reviews sites an checked out what everybody thought about it. Most of the reviews were gushing, as you’d expect, but there were a few arguments on whether or not the main character, Rey, was a “Mary Sue” character. […]