One of my big goals for the coming year is to really grow this blog and continue to help other writers improve and promote their own work as well. You may have noticed I’ve recently started a new Author Spotlight feature on the site and it’s been great to see what some of our fellow […]
You’re a Writer. Do You Need a Blog?
If you go back a year or two, every single piece of writing advice you could find was summed up in these three words: Platform, platform, platform. You want to get published? Build a platform. You want an agent? Build a platform. You want a contract? Build a platform. You get the idea. It was […]
Writing is supposed to be fun, no?
So if you ask my wife what I do for fun she’d probably think about it for a little bit, and then say something like “well, he writes and blogs. But I don’t know if he really has any fun doing it.” Maybe I shouldn’t be speaking for the lovely lady, and maybe that isn’t […]
Five Links Friday 7/3/15
Three day weekend! Here’s some stuff to read in between blowing stuff up and eating hotdogs. 1. A pitch sessions can be one of the most important and frightening things a new writer can do. Here is an article that can help ease the pain by Lisa Katzenberger at Writer’s Digest: 4 Questions Agents Ask […]
8 Things Writers Need to do Besides Writing
Sadly you don’t get to just sit down at your computer, write a book, send it to your publisher and then play video games all day. If you want to be a writer, you’ve got to do some work. A lot of work, actually. And none of that work even includes writing. Here is a […]
The First Hundred Posts
And just like that, this is my 100th post since I started Write Good Books. Happy anniversary to the site. I set out with two big goals in my mind when I started the site. The first was to present a fun (and hopefully educational) blog for writers who haven’t quite yet made it and […]
Five Links Friday 5/8/15
It’s time for another Five Links Friday. Read some posts about writing and then hit the word processor and get some stuff done 🙂 1. Let’s start with a behind-the-scenes look at what happens to your manuscript after it goes on sub. Marcy Beller Paul has a great article at Fall Fifteeners on that very […]
Five Blogs You Absolutely Must Read
There are so many quality writing blogs out there, each one unique and valuable in its own way. Here are five that I visit daily, and I’d recommend them to any writing hoping to learn more about writing and the business of writing. The first is Pat Flynn’s Smart Passive Income Blog. Everything you need to know […]