I made a joke on Twitter yesterday: If I write 10,000 words tonight I’d be caught up on NaNoWriMo! — Jason Bougger (@jasonbougger) November 6, 2017 Obviously, this was implying that I either hadn’t started yet, or was skipping NaNoWriMo all together. In my case, it’s that I’m skipping, and really didn’t even consider doing […]
Don’t Play The Blame Game
High school was twenty years ago, but I still look back with a bit of embarrassment when it comes to some of the attitudes I held back then. I was the undisputed king of Blame Town. Didn’t make varsity in football? The coach hated me. Didn’t get an A on my paper? The teacher hated […]
Five Links Friday 9/29/17
Hey, it’s Friday! Here are Five Links for you to enjoy over the weekend. 1. For those of you starting a novel, be sure to click on over to Reedsy.com and read How Long Should Your Novel Be? Our Editors Have the Answers. 2. Lisa Sell has an awesome and inspirational post on her blog […]
Three ways to beat writer’s block
In the past (and I mean the distant, distant past), I’ve caught myself making blanket statement like “There’s not such thing as writer’s block” or “Writer’s block isn’t a writing problem; it’s a motivation problem” or “Writer’s block is a self-imposed frame of mind. Get over it.” While there might be a grain of truth […]
Write Every Day
Much to my disappointment, I let some drama at the day job mess with my head a bit in the last couple of weeks and my writing (as well as my overall attitude) has suffered for it. Things are mostly okay now, but it got me thinking. Did I use my moping around as an […]
Light the candles, dim the lights, and set the mood for…
…some sweet lovin’. Just kidding. I’m talking about writing. Specifically, I’m talking about writing horror. I used to think I didn’t write a massive amount of horror, but over half of my published short stories are horror, or at least contain elements of it. (And now that October is right around the corner, I’m feeling […]
Never Forget
Sixteen years ago, my generation–who for the most part had never seen true horror in the US–saw it happen right in front of our eyes. Even those of us who were not directly affected by the attacks felt the towers fall. The whole county felt it. And I still get emotional thinking about it every […]
Five Links Friday 9/8/17
Hey, time again for Five Links Friday. Enjoy the stuff and have a great weekend! 1. Let’s start with a post by Mark Nichol at Daily Writing Tips with 3 Errors Involving Correlative Conjunctions. 2. Marketing isn’t fun. Nor is it easy. Here are 119 Book Marketing Ideas That Can Help Authors Increase Sales by […]
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