Upping my game this past year or so involved creating associations I never braved before. And most of them had some sort of “interview” component that included wanting to know about my writing process. Y’know, so people can get to…
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Continuity in writing is important to me. Maybe obsessively so. I don’t know about the rest of you, but when I catch continuity errors in my own work, I cringe. I mean, writers are supposed to be smarter than the…
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My desk – my real home, my one true love, a love story A writer’s desk. I suppose it has to do with the “behind the scenes” aspect of what we do, but people are curious about them, aren’t they?…
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Motivation and inspiration? You mean how bad do you want it Motivation and inspiration are two of those things writers lament, cry, and gnash their teeth over. Not to say it’s not frustrating as all get-out as a writer to…
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Introverts is a psychological term for people who tend to: “shrink from social contacts and to become preoccupied with their own thoughts”. (Thanks WordWeb! Which, by the way, is a handy little free dictionary tool. If you don’t have it,…
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So I keep reading up on social media strategies… The kind geared toward writers, if you know what I mean. I keep thinking I’m going to run across some revelation I haven’t found yet. I know, I’m a big research…
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Revealing characters through dialogue is one of the easiest things to convey and at the same time? It’s the most challenging approach to characterisation. Why? Writing natural-sounding dialogue under any regular circumstance is already tough. And a lot of writers…
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Having a book trailer is a relatively new phenomenon in book publishing. If you asked me fifteen years ago if a book needed a book trailer, I would have looked at you like you had three heads. And you would…
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Outlines suck. Thanks for letting me get that out of the way. Contrary to popular belief, I don’t like outlines much myself, no matter I use them. My tendency to O.C.D.-ness should negate any flying-by-the-seat of any pants and it…
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Professional writing – getting paid to write as your full time job – may not be your dream and your goal may fall somewhere between hobby and pro. Even if it’s only your side-business or hobby, if you wish to…
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