Becoming a better writer through purging “thought” verbs.
Chuck Palahniuck (writer of Fight Club, the book) had this great advice up on Lit Reactor that I thought I’d share. His argument is an old one...
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...
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...
Ascension- A Novel of the Twin Stars Is LIVE!!
My very first novel, based on the Parsec Award Nominated Podcast (which has had over a Quarter of a Million Listeners)Â is now up and available for...
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...
My Advice to Aspiring Authors | Hugh Howey
Since some who read this blog are aspiring writers in the prose field, I thought I’d pass along this excellent blog article written by successful independent author...
How To Sell Ebooks
From Joe Konrath’s blog: “How To Sell Ebooks I just hit a milestone that is hard for me to grasp. As of January, I’ve sold over one...
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)...