So the exciting news is that my wife and I are expecting a baby girl any day now. With two young children and another one the way, it’s safe to say we’ll be pretty busy for the next, oh I don’t know, twenty years or so. But in the meantime, the next few weeks are […]
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 […]
3 Books You Should Read to Improve Your Writing
There are so many books about writing out there that it can be difficult to not only find a good one, but to find one that tells you anything new. I’ve read plenty, but here are the three books that I found the most useful. On Writing – A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen […]
Five Links Friday 3/6/15
It’s Friday already. I hope your week was a great one! Here are five writing related links to check out over the weekend. 1. What You Write About Doesn’t Matter as Much as You Think by Jeff Goins takes a very interesting side of an argument I didn’t every know existed. What is more important: […]
Rockin’ out like it’s ’94
I heard Back to the Shack by Weezer for the first time on the radio this morning. Yeah, I know the song came out last year, so sue me for not keeping up with Weezer as of late. Anyhow, a prominent line in the song is “Rockin’ out like it’s ’94.” 1994? That’s the year […]
Writing Stories for Children? Check out this free ebook!
Here’s a free ebook by Mabel L. Robinson, available from FreeLanceWriting.com, that is worth checking out if you’re curious about writing books for children. I write the occasional Young Adult stuff, but have never really delved into actual children stories, unless you count the stories I tell my three-year-old at bedtime. To be honest with you, […]
Awesome opportunity for Colorado writers
Oh, man. For those of you in the Denver area, you MUST check out Genre Fest 2015 next month. The event features author David Morrell’s “How to Write Best Selling Fiction” workshop. If you’ve never heard of David Morrell, he’s the author First Blood and a whole bunch of other cool stuff, but to me, […]