Friday, Friday, Friday. And now it’s our turn in the midwest for great snow Armageddon of 2016. But first, it’ll be an awesome weekend of 50 degrees, so who knows what will really happen. As long as the markets bounce back, I’m happy. Anyhow, onto the links! 1. Querying is one of the most difficult […]
The First Step is to Finish
The worst place you can be as an aspiring writer is to have a couple of dozen stories partially complete, but no finished first drafts. I ran into this problem a lot early on. I could spend an entire night going from story to story without ever actually finishing anything. Sure, it’s good to have […]
Five Links Friday 1/22/16
I just found out that both Meat Loaf and Blue Oyster Cult are doing shows in Nebraska in 2016. What an awesome way to start the year 🙂 Onto 5 links… 1. Sometimes it seems like the only what to make it writing is to quit the day job. But how many of us are […]
Quick Tip # 3 – Real publishers won’t contact YOU.
There you are, an aspiring author who just finished your first masterpiece. You set up a website and shared your success on every social media platform out there, up to and including the one invented five minutes ago. You’re ready to rock and you’re ready to get noticed. And then it happens. You open up […]
Five Links Friday 10/23/15
We’re getting dangerously close to Halloween, so I hope you’re all prepared. Until then, however, I hope you plan to spend this weekend reading, writing, and watching scary movies. I know I will. Here are the five best writing-related articles I read this week… 1. I may have posted this before, but I don’t care; […]
Should you ever consider publishing FTL?
In a previous post about pay scales for short stories, I mentioned that I wouldn’t personally recommend publishing with non-paying print markets. First, let me get it out of the way that I’m not a fan of the label “For The Luv.” In fact, I hate the phrase and the attitude it represents. In my […]
Five Links Friday 10/9/15
Okay, another weekend is upon us. Here are the five best articles I read about writing this week. 1. Who here wants to get their novel published? Then you ought to check out this podcast by Sara Whitford: Three Keys to Getting (or Not Getting) Your Novel Published. 2. And what is more important to […]
3 Quick Things To Watch For If You’re Writing YA
When I’m working on a Young Adult project, I often need to remind myself that while I may be childlike, I’m still an old guy. That can sometimes make writing a story with younger characters difficult. In fact, as I worked on one of the revisions to my first novel, I found three mistakes in […]
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