Hey, we’re back yet again for Five Links Friday. I’ve got to start off with a quick apology for the site. We had some technical problems and were down for a few days, so the time I would have spent on a new post or two, including preparing the latest podcast, was spent with my […]
NaNoWriMo Prep
Hey, writers, as October comes to a close quite there is a large community of aspiring writings out there asking “should I or shouldn’t I?”. What is that big decision they are pondering? Why NaNoWriMo of course! I’ve probably talked about NaNoWriMo a million times here, and my first novel started out as a NaNoWriMo […]
Planning your novel the old fashioned way
So let’s talk about our WIPs for a minute. Well, actually, let’s talk about my WIP for a minute 😛 I’ve mentioned before that I’m trying something completely new to me, and that’s epic fantasy. It’s crazy to think that I’m working on a book that needs to be 3-5 times longer than my YA […]
Podcast Episode 68 – Multiple Problems and Subplots
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scoot look at the power of multiple problems and how having your protagonist deal with issues outside of the “big bad” can increase empathy for your character and add interest about the world you are creating. Click the link below to stream the episode. […]
The difference between writing short stories and novels (part 2)
I started this post yesterday and it ran a little long, so now we’re back with part 2 of the difference between writing short stories and novels. While I talked a little about some of the problems I’m having with my own WIP novel(s) and the difference in motivation and time management involved in writing […]
The difference between writing short stories and novels (part 1)
I haven’t written a short story in a long time. So long, I may have only had two kids last time I finished one. Instead, I’ve been working on a couple of novels. Now, you can interpret “working” in whichever way you see fit, but I’ll fess up right now: I’ve been disgusted and horrified […]
What Makes Dolls So Scary?
My four-year-old crept down the stairs the other night to announce to us that she was too afraid to sleep. As most parents know, this is a common thing that affects every kid (and even some of us adults) at some point. My wife took her up to her room and sat with her for […]
Time to move on from your WIP
I’ve been working on a new novel and have actually made some progress on it. It’s always fun to start something fresh and see some real progress. But this post isn’t about the new novel. It’s about my second novel. The unpublished second novel that may never see the other end of a query letter. […]
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