In a post last week, I warned (complained about) how going into a writing session with no plan can be very unproductive if you’re not careful. The way to prevent that is to set goals. I always like to push the idea that, as writers, we need to set written, daily goals and commit to […]
How NOT to write
Allow me to gripe, if you will… I went to Scooters with a good 90 minutes to write today. Total freedom. And I don’t mean freedom from the kids or anything like that. I’m currently caught up on all of my writing stuff for the rest of the weekend. The first round of my novel […]
10 Day Writing Challenge
There is nothing worse than when you block out a few hours for some uninterrupted writing time and then when you get everything ready to get started, you run into a massive and sudden bout of writer’s block. It’s like, “What the hell, where did all of my ideas go?” This happens to me sometimes […]
The Business and Marketing Side of Writing
This might sound strange to the casual writer, but when you wrote your first word of fiction or published your first blog post, you were, in essence, starting a small business. If you’re serious about your writing, that’s how you have to look at it. Yes, it can be a pain, but the business side […]
Add some substance to your fiction
Here’s another free ebook worth checking it. How to Write Fiction Stories with Substance looks particularly useful if you occasionally find your writing falling flat. It’s not so much what a book is about that leaves a lasting impression on a reader; it’s how the book makes them feel. How to Write Fiction Stories with Substance will show […]
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 I went looking through some of my unpublished or unfinished horror stories the other day and realized that one of them was basically […]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 […]
Choosing A Pay Scale For Your Short Story
There is a lot to consider when looking at markets to submit your short stories to. From small press print anthologies, to major literary magazines, to niche ezines with limited traffic, a new writer hoping to score some publishing credits has nearly unlimited options. With this post, I want to look primarily how much to […]