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Five Links Friday 5/27/16

May 27, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles about writing I read this week

It’s time again for another Five Links Friday. It’s the last Friday of the month, and I have to say that May went by WAY too quickly. 1. Let start out the weekend with an article by Michelle Russell at Write To Done giving us 5 Tricks To Sneak Past Perfectionism. Don’t let your inner […]

Podcast Episode 11: How to NOT Get Published

May 26, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott discuss several of the things you should not do if you're looking to become a published author.

In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott discuss several of the things you should not do if you’re looking to become a published author. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS. About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife […]

How to pitch a trilogy to an agent

April 18, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

Pitching or querying a single novel is hard enough. But what if you have three?

I’m finding myself at a bit of a crossroads right now. As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I have an urban fantasy YA novel that I’ve really been struggling with when it comes to revisions. It seems like I’m constantly at that point where I find one large problem, but fixing it results in two […]

To me: “Shut up and finish your novel.”

March 21, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

I've been struggling with writer's block as of late. I finally figured out the real reason. It's that I was working on the wrong projects.

You know, I don’t really believe in the condition of writer’s block. I do believe that every writer will at some point have trouble writing. Some people call that “writer’s block”, but all it really means is that you’re either distracted, unmotivated, or simply working on the wrong project. This is happening to me a […]

Five Links Friday 3/11/16

March 11, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles I read about writing this week

Yikes. It’s already Friday and as you can tell, I took a week off from the blog. But that’s okay; we all need to take a little break sometimes. Anyhow, I’m back now with five articles for you to read over the weekend. 1. From Victoria Griffin’s blog, here are 5 Stages of Revision: A […]

Five Links Friday 2/26/16

February 26, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

The Best Articles I Read About Writing This Week

And it’s the final Friday of February. This year is already going by too fast. Here are five links for ya, have a great weekend and don’t waste it! 1. A lot of us struggle with the “boring middle.” Make sure that doesn’t happen by checking out How to Make EVERY Page of Your Story […]

Four Things I See in Fiction I Don’t Like

February 25, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

If you’re a writer, chances are you’re a reader too. And as with any type of entertainment, there’s going to be plenty of things you see as a fan that irritate you. Here are four of mine, in no particular order. 1. Arrogant writers Readers can tell when a writer is talking down to them. […]

Planning the next few months. And questioning my sanity…

February 4, 2016 By: Jason Bougger

Looking at the busy stuff going on in real life while trying to work my fiction in on the side.

I started off this year saying, “I do not want to find myself asking where the hell 2016 went.” And I stand by that. I swear, as you age, years fly by before you can even blink an eye. I set up some fairly ambitious goals for the year and promised to reach them no […]

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