After spending the last few years writing, reading, and learning as much as I could about writing fiction and the “right” way to do things, I’ve also learned a lot about the wrong way. Not only through Theme of Absence, but also from my own work. In fact, most of what I discovered came from […]
3 Pitfalls of Writing in the First person
How often do you write a story in the first person that feels so real–so natural–that after you finish you are certain that you have completed a near-perfect work of art? If you’re a newer writer, this feeling might be quite common when you first start writing with the first person narrative. It’s pretty enticing […]
Holy Fudgesicles
5/1/15 UPDATE: The book is available now. Click here for ordering information. Regular readers of this blog already know that my wife and I were blessed with the birth of our third child this month. But there is another awesome piece of news that I haven’t yet publicly shared. While out on paternity leave, I […]
Writing a query letter? Check out this free e-book!
Cool! Here’s a free e-book by Noah Lukeman (the author of The First Five Pages: A Writer’s Guide To Staying Out of the Rejection Pile). To me, writing the query letter is just as difficult as writing the novel. Agents and editors are busy. You may have only one or two seconds to grab their […]
Five Links Friday 3/27/15
Five Links Friday! Here’s some great stuff to check out over the weekend. 1. Feeling a little down about your writing, or anything else going on in your life? You shouldn’t. Here are 20 Signs You’re Doing Better Than You Think You Are from Pulptastic. Most likely at least a few of these apply to […]
3 Overused Character Traits to Avoid
I know. You’re supposed to create interesting, flawed characters with compelling back-stories. The last thing you want is for a rejection letter to tell you that you have flat, dull characters. So what do you do? Like all good writers, you try to make your characters deeper by giving them some interesting baggage from their […]
5 Surefire Ways to Fail at Writing
Magazines and blogs about writing (including this one) are plumb full of advice on what to do to improve your writing and your chances of publication. On the other side of the coin, here’s a list of five things that will get in your way. 1. Not taking writing seriously The first way you’re guaranteed […]
5 Things You Need to do RIGHT NOW if You Want to Start Writing
This post is for the person who has always wanted to write but hasn’t started yet. Or the person who might have started writing something a couple of times, but never actually finished a short story. Or maybe even for the person who casually writes fiction, but hasn’t gotten serious about it yet. It’s five […]
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