Regular readers of this site may know that I’ve been going back and forth between writing a new novel and working on (extremely painful) revisions of another. Part of the problem with the revisions is that I started the novel with very little sense of direction, so a lot of the characters still run together, […]
The Best Advice I’ve Received from Rejection Letters
I like to think of writing as the business of collecting No’s. You can’t be a writer unless you’re willing to be told “No” every now and then. And by “every now and then,” I mean repeatedly–day in and day out. Since I first started writing short stories, I’ve received 173 rejections and 19 non-responses. […]
My most common mistakes and how to fix them
While going back and forth between revising an old novel and writing a new one, I noticed a few things about my writing that really made me cringe. I find that more than a few mistakes I thought I had taken care of have slowly crept back into my writing. So I thought that by […]
Five Links Friday 9/23/16
Hey, it’s fall!! It’s also the end of another successful week. Had some good writing stuff going on this month so far and it will only get better from here. Here are another 5 Links for you to read this weekend. Enjoy! 1. Editing is hard. And you can miss so much when you self-edit […]
How I revise and what I still have left to do.
Editing sucks. Revising an novel is worse than hell. And I hate it. And I hate you. And I hate life. Those are just a few of the things you might hear writers say when they are experiencing those clean-up blues. But here’s a dirty little secret: It’s really not as bad as people make it […]
Five Links Friday 5/27/16
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 […]
10 Bite Sized Tips
Hey, sometimes we get so involved in our storytelling and looking at the big picture, that we might forget some of the little things. So here are 10 quick little things to remember. 1. Don’t be afraid to try something new and step out of your comfort zone. 2. Don’t let the fear of rejection […]
Five Links Friday 4/1/16
It’s April 1 already. THIS YEAR IS GOING BY TOO FAST. Anyhow, here are five non-April-Fool’s-Day links for ya to read. Enjoy! 1. The Creative Penn has a nice post on dealing with your fears as a writer. Give it a read, and don’t ever fear judgment for your writing! On Writing And The Fear […]
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