If you’re one of the ones playing along on social media, you’ve probably heard of my epic giveaway: to celebrate the impending release of From The Ground Up: How To Build A World That Really Works, aka my non-fiction handbook for writers that looks at the ways geography influences culture. It comes out in about […]
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Just a reminder that you have a little over a day and a half left before How To Revise Your Novel closes its doors for the next 12 months 🙂 If you sign up through my link, you get the following bonuses: A free ebook copy of my forthcoming book on worldbuilding, From The Ground Up (Oct
From Hot Mess To Hot Stuff: How To Revise Your Novel Read More »
Hi again! Sorry, I’m late posting this because I had the worst trilogy of days EVER at the end of last week and couldn’t get to the computer to let you know, but Holly’s How To Revise Your Novel course is OPEN!! It’s closing on December 15 at 11:59pm US EST, so you have a
Wish You Could Take Your Novel From Drab To Fab In ONE Editing Pass? Read More »
So, I mentioned the other day that Holly Lisle, who is acclaimed around the nets and amongst authors for her high-quality learn-to-write classes, is opening her How To Revise Your Novel course for the ONLY time in the next 6 months, and possibly the only time until this time next year. What I didn’t mention,
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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 »
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 »
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
An Ode To Scrivener Read More »
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 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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