Hey, it’s another edition of Five Links Friday. This week we’ve got some awesome links on storytelling, marketing, and time management. Give ’em a look and have a great weekend! 1. Let’s start with an older post from Becca Puglisi at Writers Helping Writers (my kind of site) looking at Creating Unforgettable Settings, Part 3: Maximizing […]
Five Links Friday 12/4/15
It’s the final month of the year. Lets make 2015 go out with a bang. Here are your five links to read over the weekend. 1. I don’t generally do book reviews, for a lot of reasons, but if you do write book reviews, or plan to in the future, you should read How to […]
Don’t worry so much about your word count
One of the most repeated pieces of advice I see in writer’s magazines and other online writing sites (including my own) is to write every day. You’re thinking, “Well, duh…” and so am I. Of course you need to write every day. If you want to master anything, from sports to arts, you need to […]
Preemptively Defeat Your Distractions Before You Start Writing
Hey, it’s that time of day (or most likely night) again. You know, when you go into your isolation chamber and get ready to work on your current masterpiece. If you’re anything like me, however, sometimes it can be difficult to get started. Distractions are everywhere and I’m convinced that the outside world is conspiring […]
Five Links Friday 9/25/15
It’s time again for Five Links Friday. Give ’em a look, and enjoy your weekend. 1. Let’s start with a post about your writer platform from Chuck Sambuchino at First Novels Club. This is especially interesting to me, since a good chunk of my “writing” time is devoted to this: Building Your Writer Platform—How Much […]
Five Links Friday 9/18/15
It’s Friday, I’m home with the kids, and there’s a thunderstorm. In other words, today rules. Here is some stuff to read. 1. Social media is such a big deal for new writers trying to gain a fanbase. It can really help make or break you. Here is a nice post about What Writers Should […]
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 […]
Write Every Day (More or Less)
I’m tempted to write another “look at me, I’m so busy” post, but I’ll spare you the pain of having to read that. Instead I want to talk a little about what kind of writing I do on those “look at me” days. No matter how busy (or flat out exhausted) I maybe be, I […]