I mean, you’ve written this story, completed it even, and you’re on a high. You did it! You finished your story! Possibly even won NaNoWriMo at this time of year, too! Well done! You bask in the glory of the moment – as well you should. But then the inevitable happens: you go back and […]
Ever Feel Like Your First Draft Is An Ugly Baby? Read More »
I thought I’d make this easy for you to find (if you’re interested) by embedding it right here! Sorry about all the link confusion the other day 🙂 You can either watch right here on the blog, click through below to watch it on youtube, or click here to head to the original post, where
Inkprint Press + Worldbuilding + Self/Small/Large Presses, etc – Vodcast! Read More »
…Actually more like 2.33 hours, but let’s not quibble. It starts like this: the inestimable Lindsay Buroker wanted to interview the Twinny One, Liana Brooks, notionally I think about her career as a hybrid author (i.e. an author who uses large publishers, small publishers, and also does self publishing – not an author who is
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One of the most commonly asked questions I get in my creative writing classes at school is how to get through middles. People get beginnings and endings intuitively, but the Middle Doldrums is where a lot of new (and not-so-new) writers have trouble. I struggled with middles for years and years, though many novels and
#WritingWorkshop Beat Sheets: A Map Through The Doldrums Read More »
Sometimes, when you’re writing, you hit the point where you just want to give up. On the current story, maybe, or maybe even on writing altogether. We’ve all been there, I promise. So this post is for me as much as for anything, and it’s as the title says: bookmark it for when you need
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Posted with Liana’s permission. [View the story “You Can DO This” on Storify] Read more:In Which I Am Seven Months Old AgainTeddy’s Story JointOn Dropping Balls
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At least, it would be if I had the brain power to write an ode right now. I’m at the point of tired + pregnancy hormones where I tried to lock the kid’s fridge at preschool with my car key last week. Oops. BUT. SCRIVENER. I took the plunge and bought it back in January
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Just a quick final reminder that Holly’s How To Think Sideways course, her comprehensive how-to-write-a-novel-and-make-writing-your-career course, is closing in a little over 2.5 hours until early to mid 2016. See more info plus my recommendations here. And not that it’s much of an incentive, but if you DO sign up through my link, you can
How To Write A Novel & Make Writing A Career Course CLOSING Read More »
JUST SAYING 😉 [View the story “Why You Want To Buy #FGU” on Storify] Read more:#WeeklyBookPic, The Game!It’s About That Time *sigh*Why The Ancient Greeks Couldn’t See Blue
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Just a quick announcement that in about 30 hours, Holly Lisle’s biggest course, How To Think Sideways, will close registration for the rest of the year. She’s been making noises for a while now about moving her big courses to once-a-year-only registration, and that time is here. The cons: You only get a limited time
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