Well, we’re one month down in 2017 and I hope yours was a good one. This month was a super busy one, as is the norm. But it’s always good and busy is better than boring, right? I spend a lot of time reading and critiquing some great stories for the The Write Practice winter […]
What I Learned from Judging a Writing Contest
This winter I had the honor of being asked to join the panel of judges in the annual Winter Writing Contest hosted at The Write Practice. While I’ll admit it was a time consuming activity, I found it thoroughly enlightening and am so happy I was able to participate in this contest. Over 300 writers […]
Looking back at 2016 and forward to 2017
So let me share my New Year’s Eve tradition for the last several years. We usually end up writing down our goals for the coming year and talking about the many things we were grateful for throughout the previous year as well. Then after everybody else settled in for the night, I’d fix a drink, […]
About those pesky modifiers…
The popular mantra in the world of fiction writing is pretty much this: Never ever use an adverb ever. While I’m certainly no fan of these dangerous little modifying words, I’m not sure why they are considered by many to be the words of the devil himself. Perhaps it has something to do with Stephen […]
Drawbacks of Small Press Publications
If you’ve read my blog before, you know that I often advocate seeking out small press magazines, anthologies, or electronic publishers to submit your work to if you’re just getting started. In my previous post, I wrote about some the benefits of submitting to smaller publications, but now I’d like to talk about some of […]
Big Opportunities From Small Places
The internet has been a blessing to fiction writers all over the world. There are so many outlets for writers to get their work published and out for people to see that, really, any writer can find at least a small degree of success. With the self-publishing boom, and the availability of print-on-demand and ebooks, […]
First Person Mistakes in Dialogue and Thoughts
My first novel was written in the first person. I’d say somewhere between 1/3 and 1/2 of my short stories are as well. For a lot of people, writing in the first person can be one of the most challenging ways to write. For others, it can be much easier than third person. For me, […]
October Progress Report and November Goals (2016)
Happy Halloween! And happy final day of October. I’ll say this has been a pretty good month. (Ignoring the ongoing thing about my house caving in upon itself.) In the world of non-writing stuff, we took the kids to a bunch of Halloween things and they’re totally ready to fill up those bags of candy […]
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