Magazines and blogs about writing (including this one) are plumb full of advice on what to do to improve your writing and your chances of publication. On the other side of the coin, here’s a list of five things that will get in your way. 1. Not taking writing seriously The first way you’re guaranteed […]
Five Links Friday 5/13/15
It’s another Friday the 13th edition of Five Links Friday. I’ll keep it short due to the new arrival and we’ll stick to a horror theme for the day, so here goes… 1. Let’s start with 13 Tips For Writing Horror Fiction, by Robert Gray of Hellnotes.com. 2. Chuck Wendig’s Terrible Minds blog has a great […]
3 Horror clichés I found in my writing (and 2 more you should avoid)
Isn’t it funny how you can read another writer’s story and say, “Wow, how unoriginal. That’s been done a hundred times before,” but somehow totally overlook it when it’s your own work? I went looking through some of my unpublished or unfinished horror stories the other day and realized that one of them was basically […]
Five Links Friday – Friday the 13th Edition
It’s not only Friday, but it’s Friday the 13! So the celebrate the awesomeness of the day, here is Five Links Friday: The Friday the 13th Edition, where all of the links are related to writing horror. 1. Let’s start with 3 Reasons You Should Write Ghost Stories by Joe Bunting at The Write Practice. I think […]
Five Links Friday 1/30/15
And we’re back for another look at the best blog posts or articles I read this week about writing. 1. From Nina Amir at Write Nonfiction Now, here are 3 Ways to Overcome the Most Common Obstacle to Success. “To succeed as a writer or an author requires a willingness to dive deeply into your […]
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