That’s the way that 15+ short stories I currently have in the works end. It can be frustrating, but you know how it goes: You come up with a couple of decent characters and a setting that sounds interesting and then throw them together and see what happens. Sometimes this works, but a lot of […]
Collecting No’s
Q: How do you know you’re a writer? A: You been told ‘no’ so many times you build a house out of rejection letters. It’s unfortunate that in most of the US, failure is considered this horrible, dishonorable, thing and if you happen to fail at anything even one time, you should be ashamed of […]
Five Links Friday 9/23/16
Hey, it’s fall!! It’s also the end of another successful week. Had some good writing stuff going on this month so far and it will only get better from here. Here are another 5 Links for you to read this weekend. Enjoy! 1. Editing is hard. And you can miss so much when you self-edit […]
How I revise and what I still have left to do.
Editing sucks. Revising an novel is worse than hell. And I hate it. And I hate you. And I hate life. Those are just a few of the things you might hear writers say when they are experiencing those clean-up blues. But here’s a dirty little secret: It’s really not as bad as people make it […]
Stay Positive and Learn from “Better” Writers
I know I’m not the greatest writer in the world. And that’s a knock at myself; none of us are the greatest writer in the world. The key is to become aware of our strengths and make them our focus, while also becoming aware of our weaknesses and working to improve on them. It’s good […]
7 Things About Writing I Would Tell Myself 7 Years Ago
I wrote the first draft of my first short story one snowy night over Christmas break in 2009. It was a silly little story about alien abductions from the aliens’ point of view. It was eventually published at The WiFiles under the title of Breeding Ground, and it’s worth a look if you want a […]
Five Links Friday 9/16/16
It’s the end of another somewhat successful week. And even better, it looks like fall is coming and the weather is getting to be a bit more to my liking. You know? Ugly and rainy. Anyhow, here are five links for you to read as you start your weekend. 1. Since I’ve done a couple […]
Podcast Episode 19 – Writing Rituals
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott compare some of the various writing rituals authors use, including their own. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS and YouTube. About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife and kids. He […]
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