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Overwhelmed and falling behind? Here are some tips.

September 5, 2019 By: Jason Bougger

Feeling down or overwhelmed about your writing? Here are some tips to help.

If you’re like me, you’re probably surrounded by other writers. If not in real life, at least online. And while writers often tend to be humble introverts who don’t like talking about their writing, one thing they do like to do is share how many words they wrote the night before, or how many books […]

It doesn’t take much to finish

September 3, 2019 By: Jason Bougger

NaNoWriMo is two months away. You know the drill: 50,000 words in 30 days. That comes in at 1,667 words per day. It’s a daunting task for both new and experienced writers. I’ve done it twice and will probably do it again in a few years when the kids are older. But for now, I’ve […]

5 Quick Writing Exercises to Boost Your Output in 2019

January 7, 2019 By: Jason Bougger

Here are five writing exercises to use to help increase your daily writing word count.

Hey all, it’s a brand new year and I’m sure you’ve all set some monster writing goals for the year. Or even you didn’t set any massive word count goals (I didn’t) you’d still like to get that word count up this year, right? So where do you start? Well, first off, I’m going to […]

Five Links Friday 12/14/2018

December 14, 2018 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles I read about writing this week

Hey, it’s the weekend! It’s Friday! It’s Five Links Friday! Enjoy. 1. Let’s start with a post by Todd Matthews asking “Can You Find Success Writing?” Lots of good info there. 2. And here’s someone who did just that. Nat Russo shares some Lessons Learned from selling his first 1000 Books. 3. Onto the craft, […]

Five Links Friday 11/30/18

November 30, 2018 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles I read about writing this week.

Wow, it’s the last day of November. We’re going into the last month of 2018, so I hope you’re going out with a bang. I know I’ve got some big plans for December that I’ll hopefully be able to share soon. Until then, here is this week’s edition of Five Links Friday! 1. Let’s start […]

Five Links Friday 11/23/18

November 23, 2018 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles about writing I read this week.

Back with another edition of Five Links Friday! I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and will use the rest of the weekend to get caught up on your NaNoWriMo. (On a side note, I used to use this weekend for an annual November Nethack Tournament, but the site hosting it has gone down. […]

Five Links Friday 11/2/18

November 2, 2018 By: Jason Bougger

The best articles I read about writing this week

And just like that, it’s the first Friday of November. This year is going WAY too fast, and it’s almost a little depressing. But fear not! We’ve still got two solid month of writing left in 2018, right? And for those of you doing NaNoWriMo, you still have time to get a book written this […]

Blog schedule update, aka taking a short break

July 4, 2018 By: Jason Bougger

I'm taking a little break from blogging to shift focus to the next novel. Be sure to subscribe so you know when we're back on a regular schedule!

Hey new writers and regular readers, I just wanted to give a quick update on the site, the podcast, Theme of Absence, and everything else I’m doing, including my own writing. I’m typing this on July 4, listening to the explosions outside my door, and it’s really cool. In fact, the fourth of July is […]

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