The New World of Publishing: How to Keep Your Writing Going for All of 2014
Dean Wesley Smith has written a great article about keeping your writing going that everyone who wants to be a writer should take the time out and...
Getting your Readers over the Infodump Hump!
“A spoon full of sugar helps the medicine go down- in the most delightful way.”– Mary Poppins In some of the writing forums I frequent, a very...
Middle Grade vs. Young Adult Fiction
On a recent Writing Excuses podcast, author EJ Patten discussed Middle Grade fiction writing, and put forth a fascinating comparison between Middle Grade (fiction for grade 4-6...
A Neat Trick for Finding and Getting Rid of Passive Verbs in MS Word
I was hunting for a good site today to give advice on Passive vs. Active verbs to another writer and came across this little nugget. The article...
Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing: Writing Fast
Dean Wesley Smith wrote a good piece on his blog about writing speed, quality, and productivity. I definitely recommend reading it if you have the time. Writing...
A Way to Build more Action into your Writing
Cartman walked into a room, and then shot Stan, and then walked out. This is an “event”, it’s stuff happening without any dramatic element to keep the...
Kurt Vonnegut: 8 Basics of Creative Writing
Use the time of a total stranger in such a way that he or she will not feel the time was wasted. Give the reader at least...
Productivity Hunt- Google Drive
Taking a little tip from Terry Mixon of the Dead Robots’ Society podcast with my newest writing project, I’m going to use Google Drive (aka Google Docs)...
Why don’t I like Heist stories?
So here’s something I’ve been puzzling over. I like Mystery stories- ones where a clever character tries to puzzle through a challenge and then put all the...
TeaNoWriMo Results/ Writing Update
Well, I tried to make July 2012 in Teacher’s Novel Writing Month, hoping that using this month off could help me boost my creativity and give me...