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 […]
How Many Spaces?
Our current reality is dictated by an abundance of static rules that we all must live by. We stop on red. We go on green. Our kids need to go to the bathroom exactly one second after passing the rest stop on the interstate. We quickly tap the space bar twice after completing a sentence. […]
3 Things to Include (and 3 Things to Avoid) in a Query Letter
Writing a query letter can be one of the most difficult exercises for a writer to endure. It’s never easy to sum up your full-length novel in a paragraph or two and, if you’re anything like me, you feel like your strength lies in writing, not marketing. But that’s how you have to look at […]
Five Links Friday 2/20/15
Wow, crazy busy week. Hope yours was a good one. Here is your reading assignment for the weekend. 1. From K.M. Weiland’s awesome blog, here is a post about your novel’s beginning: Think You Wrote a Great Hook for Your Book’s Beginning? Find Out Why It May Not Be Enough 2. Of course writing the book isn’t […]
Your first draft sucks, but revising it doesn’t have to
“The End” Maybe you’ve waited to type those word for thirty days in November, or maybe you’ve been waiting for several years, adding words to your novel whenever you could find a spare minute. Either way, you’ve finally completed your first novel. You call your friends and update your Facebook status and your non-writer friends […]
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 […]
5 Steps to Writing and Selling Your First Short Story
One of the reasons I put off writing fiction for as long as I did was that I really had no clear idea of how to start. That might sound a bit foolish, but I honestly felt that if I had no means of publishing my fiction, then writing was basically a waste of time. […]
Five Links Friday 1/23/15
I’m back with the best articles I read about writing in the last seven days. This week we look at everything from world building to dialogue. Enjoy! 1. I’ll lead with Balancing World Building and Pacing from Janice Hardy’s Fiction University. I been told by editors (more than once–eek!) that I my settings often need more development. […]
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