Five Links Friday is upon us. Enjoy! 1. Let’s start the week with a post by Derek Haines with a warning about signing a bad contract. I’m with him there. Be careful out there, folks: Authors Beware – Think Twice Before Signing A Contract 2. “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader,” right? Emma Darwin […]
5 Things to NOT Do in Your Writing
So as 2016 winds down, and I (and hopefully you as well) start planning out all of the things I want to do next year. While I don’t always hide my real feelings about Christmas (hint: They aren’t good) New Year’s Eve is perhaps my favorite day of the year. It may even edge out […]
Five Links Friday 11/25/16
Hey, it’s Friday! And for a lot of us in the U.S. it’s also an extended weekend. So enjoy the time off, get some stuff done, and read these 5 links when you can. 1. Do you ever feel like it’s impossible to find balance between your writing and you day job, family and everything […]
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. […]
Five Links Friday 10/23/15
We’re getting dangerously close to Halloween, so I hope you’re all prepared. Until then, however, I hope you plan to spend this weekend reading, writing, and watching scary movies. I know I will. Here are the five best writing-related articles I read this week… 1. I may have posted this before, but I don’t care; […]
Five Links Friday 7/24/15
And it’s already Friday. The week just goes by WAY too fast. Here are some posts you should read this weekend. 1. Check out this post by A. Howitt at Mythic Scribes with some great advice for Writing With Confidence. 2. I don’t particularly enjoy writing a story or novel from multiple POVs, so I […]
Five Links Friday 6/26/15
Hey, hope you’re having a great Friday so far. Here are some writing links for ya. 1. From Mary Keeley at Booksandsuch.com here is a giant Writing Mechanics and Grammar Checklist. 2. Check out this podcast from Sara Whitford looking at point of view: Who Gets to Tell the Story? 3. Pitch Parties. The things that can render […]
10 Common Writing Mistakes to Avoid
In a previous post looking back at the first year of my ezine, Theme of Absence, I mentioned that I could often find writing mistakes in other authors’ submissions that I miss in mine own writing. I didn’t elaborate on those mistakes at the time, but it got me thinking about some of the common […]