Time for another late night Five Links Friday. But, hey, better late than never, right? Enjoy! 1. There are so many marketing options out there that I’ve never really looked in to Instagram. Here is a post with 4 Tips to Get Started Marketing on Instagram from Power Social. 2. I’ve pitched at conferences a […]
The most used words in my novels
The other day I told someone an submission editor at a place I sent something to counted the number of “that”s on the first page and included that in the rejection now. I just remembered that I was wrong. The word he counted was “was”. And the number was 34. Even in this small post […]
Don’t Settle
Do you ever feel like you’re just…done? You know, lots of frustrating things at the day job, kids won’t listen to anything you say, baby is fussy, house is messy, shoulder and knee still hurt from the auto thingy, and you just want to, I don’t know, die? Okay, maybe die is a bit extreme. […]
Seven Dialogue Don’ts
As I continue working through the outline of the first book of a planned trilogy, I started drafting out a few of the scenes that seemed the most relevant to the overall plot and character arcs. One of these scenes was a little more dialogue-heavy than I envisioned. Not a big deal, since it’s literally […]
Five Links Friday 7/7/17
Hey, it’s Friday! And, dang, I nearly missed it. Here are five links for ya’ll. 1. Let’s start with a look at irony from Reedsy.com in a great, informative post, with lot’s of examples: Learn What Irony (Really) Is and How To Use It. 2. Get that first draft written! Here is Victoria Griffin with […]
Podcast Episode 40 – Five Myths About Writing
In this episode of The Write Good Books Podcast, Jason and Scott discuss five common writing myths they’ve heard over the last few years. Click the link below to stream the episode. Also available at iTunes, Soundcloud, RSS and YouTube. About the hosts Jason Bougger lives in Omaha, Nebraska with his wife and kids. He […]
The most important thing
I was talking about Stephen King’s Dark Tower series the other day and what I liked and disliked about it. (Okay, it was mostly what I disliked, but still…) Like a lot of King’s novels, the books in the Dark Tower series are often way too long, too slow, and full of too many pointless […]
Storytelling, NES-Style
You know what’s crazy? When I first started writing, the idea of plotting seemed foreign to me. I didn’t see any need to come with a defined problem-conflict-solution. I just thought that seemed archaic in a sense. And then when I heard about some of the more complicated plotting methods, such as the hero’s journey, […]
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