Came across this awesome article a month or so ago – 20 Thoughts on Revision – which has 20 things to think about and ways to approach the revision of your story. There’s some good stuff in there. You should totally read it. Read more:How To Theme: Chapter Eight – Why Stories? Recognising PatternsFREE Revision
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In order to be a writer, you have to be committed to the act of writing. It’s not enough to just talk about writing, to want to be a writer, to have great ideas and hang out with writers. You have to actually write. Pretty simple, pretty straightforward.Superficially.Like a relationship, really. To have a successful relationship, all you
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So I meant to post this like a month ago when it was a Hot Topic, but we all know I’m less than timely when it comes to blogging, so meh. Better late than never. With the context that a top news site released an article essentially degrading adult readers of Young Adult (YA) fiction,
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Today I wanted to have a look at the things we get caught up with.Glam recently – or not so, perhaps; been away for so long I’ve no idea – posted an article about being caught up in following the rules. And I realised, once again, that sometimes the things I find self-evident really aren’t so
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New post up on the Darkness and Good blog. This one… eh. This one is. Read more:Don't Break yourself On The Way To Your DreamsI Seriously Want These Magical Shoes"Lighten Up"
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So you’re reading along in your story, and you think things are going great. You even make it all the way to the end, and there was just that one typo that needed fixing. The plot makes sense, it’s kind of funny, and now, it’s cleanly written. No flab, no superfluous anything. It’s great.So off
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So, I can’t believe I’m posting this for you, but anyway. Welcome to Mercury. Some of you have met Mercury before. For everyone else… I’m sorry. 😀 And another apology: this ‘short story’ is actually an excerpt from the very first novel I ever wrote! (Yes, I know, that means I’m not writing new fiction,
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Limited time giveaway: If you contact me* between now and, hmm, let’s say midnight on Friday the 13th (because hi, FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH), I will provide you with one free – yes, FREE – e-copy of any of my books (any format) in exchange for a fair and honest review left somewhere like Smashwords, B&N,
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Okay, so I am totally planning to cheat over the next couple of months and pull out some of the most popular posts from my old blog about writing to repost here. A couple of people have asked me for more writing-related stuff lately, and this is the easiest way to accommodate that when my
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So, the Brenda Novak Annual Online Auction is coming to an end (ends May 31), which means it’s a GREAT time for you to get some bids in! There are FANTASTIC prizes up for grabs – literally hundreds of them – and all the proceeds from the auction go towards research into diabetes, a condition
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