Sixteen years ago, my generation–who for the most part had never seen true horror in the US–saw it happen right in front of our eyes. Even those of us who were not directly affected by the attacks felt the towers fall. The whole county felt it. And I still get emotional thinking about it every […]
Five Links Friday 9/8/17
Hey, time again for Five Links Friday. Enjoy the stuff and have a great weekend! 1. Let’s start with a post by Mark Nichol at Daily Writing Tips with 3 Errors Involving Correlative Conjunctions. 2. Marketing isn’t fun. Nor is it easy. Here are 119 Book Marketing Ideas That Can Help Authors Increase Sales by […]
Time Travel and Second Chances
So the other day, my six-year-old got this evil/snarky grin on his face and asked to borrow my phone while I was kneeling on the ground playing with the baby. I probably should have known better, but I still handed it over. He switched on the camera and took a picture of something above me, […]
Using Scrivener to “fix” my draft
I’ve talked a little about a fantasy trilogy I’m working on. It’s a lot of fun, but I keep running into difficult world-building things that get in the way of the real writing. Things like seasons, and farming, and how to measure time. (Is it okay to use a 24-hour rotation, and words like “summer” […]
Five Links Friday 9/1/17
Hey, it’s long weekend for…to be honest, I don’t even know. But let’s celebrate anyway! Here are five links for ya. 1. Let’s start with a post by Rachelle M. N. Shaw at 10 Minute Novelists on How to Use Showing vs. Telling Effectively. 2. Adam Hughes at The Moonlighting Writer has a post with […]
Podcast Episode 43 – Setbacks for your Characters
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason plays hooky and Scott goes solo with a look at how using setbacks will strengthen both your characters and your story. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS and YouTube. About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, […]
Halloween Contest Opens September 1
For those of you out there writing flash fiction, I just wanted to share that the third annual Theme of Absence Halloween Horror Flash Fiction contest is opening for submissions at midnight. This is a semi-pro paying contest, with the winning entry getting published at the site on Halloween and receiving $.01/word. Click on the […]
WHY ARE YOU SHOUTING AT ME!!!
As the only dude reading submissions for Theme of Absence, I see a lot of “rules” of writing that should never be broken. (Yes, I understand that rules are meant to be broken, but that comes in a more general sense, and you need to understand why exactly the unofficial rules of writing exist before […]
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