Say you only have a little over an hour each day to write. (That would be me.) “Real” job, kids & family, cleaning, cooking, commuting, reading, working out, and paying bills are all things that get in the way of writing. Most of those are good things, by the way (not cleaning; cleaning sucks), but […]
Is Your Villain Stealing the Show?
I’ve always liked the bad guys. In the 80s it was Roddy Piper over Hulk Hogan. Cobra Commander over Duke. Mumm-Ra over Lion-O. And then in the 90s, my wrestling fandom got to enjoy bad guys like Ric Flair, Shawn Michaels, and The Mountie (he always gets his man). Later it was the nWo and […]
Five Links Friday 6/2/17
It’s the first Friday of June and I feel like this is going to be an awesome month. Let’s get right into Five Links Friday! 1. Let’s start with a motivational tip from NAME at Two Drops of Ink: Just Write! Stop Waiting for the Good Stuff. I couldn’t agree more. Get the words done […]
April/May 2017 Progress Report
This year is going by way too fast, but it’s still been a great year so far. April and May were both pretty good months for me on the writing side as well. I’ve mentioned this stuff before, but I had my first solo author talk, my first reading at an author fair, attended another […]
Looking at Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for Good Writing
I saw a pin the other day that listed ten short writing tips and attributed it to a guy named Elmore Leonard. So I looked him up and his story checks out. In addition to selling tens of millions of copies of his novels and selling screenplays to a handful of successful Hollywood movies, he […]
Think Big, Start Small
Most new writers don’t have a big publishing house show up at their front door and offer them a six-figure book deal out of the blue. Shocking, I know. But it’s worth saying. Like anything else, finding success in writing doesn’t happen overnight. It takes years of practice and hard work. You have to be […]
Make “Lucky” the New “Busy”
Hey, I hope your Memorial Day weekend is going well. It’s a great time of year to pay tribute to not only your lost loved ones, but also to all of the men and women who died in service. I also consider it the weekend where summer really begins. And even though our kids aren’t […]
Five Links Friday 5/26/17
Hey, it’s Friday again! Hope you had a good and productive week. My recovery from the accident isn’t going as quickly as I hoped and I’m still a little slow and pained out in a lot of places, so a good collective “Awww” would be nice 🙂 Anyhow, on to the links! 1. Here’s an […]
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