I recently wrote an article about struggling to finish my second novel. My problems in that case–my writer’s block, if you will–were related to editing and revising. But what about writing? What do you do when you’re writing struggle is that you’re literally having trouble getting the words on paper and finish a story story? […]
The First Step is to Finish
The worst place you can be as an aspiring writer is to have a couple of dozen stories partially complete, but no finished first drafts. I ran into this problem a lot early on. I could spend an entire night going from story to story without ever actually finishing anything. Sure, it’s good to have […]
Writing Convincing Dialogue
At times, writing the characters’ dialogue can be the easiest part of writing fiction. How hard can it be, after all, to have a couple of Joes sharing a drink and shooting the breeze, right? Wrong. Writing dialogue well is rarely easy, and it certainly isn’t simply about a couple of characters talking to each […]
My writing and blogging goals for 2016, plus some big news!
This is the year. That should really be your motto going into every new year. Longtime readers of some of my previous blogs will know that I take New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day very seriously as a time to reflect on previous achievements and prepare for future ones. So this is the post […]
Are Form Letter Rejections Really That Bad?
It goes without saying that every new writer should expect to receive pile upon pile of rejection letters. According to Duotrope.com, my overall acceptance rate for short stories is 13%, so if we want to view the glass as 87% empty then then that adds up to quite a few rejections (163 to be exact), […]
Should you ever consider publishing FTL?
In a previous post about pay scales for short stories, I mentioned that I wouldn’t personally recommend publishing with non-paying print markets. First, let me get it out of the way that I’m not a fan of the label “For The Luv.” In fact, I hate the phrase and the attitude it represents. In my […]
Let’s Talk About Goals (And Why We Fail To Reach Them)
I often harp on the importance of setting writing goals over here at the blog and often push the idea that if you set specific goals, you can achieve anything you set out to do. But it isn’t always that easy. I know the experts all agree that writing down your goals is the best […]
Five Links Friday 10/2/15
It’s October! Let’s start the weekend off right with another Five Links Friday! 1. Let’s start by checking out this batch of links from Merce Cardus on on Writing, Self-Publishing & Better Living. 2. Here’s an interview with Susannah Rickards at Daily (w)rite discussing all sorts of things, but with a focus on writing a […]
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