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In Defense of Neil’s Journal

So it’s no secret I’m a big fan of Neil Gaiman’s. I’m not his greatest fan (who’s quite possibly gibbering in a padded cell somewhere) – I don’t think I even rank among Neil’s top twenty thousand fans. I just love his work, and consequently I love following his online journal, which you can read [...]

I’m doing something stupid again this month

So I’m not going to be around much. As soon as I’m done I’ll return to regale you with tales of my heroic success or gruesome failure.

Good Advice On Queries

Hi folks, I found this post on Qureyfest agent’s advice. It all seems good to me. I have to get back to writing again today but I thought I’d share this… http://fictiongroupie.blogspot.com/2010/08/lessons-from-queryfest.html

Quick Tip #10 Wheaton’s Law

This could be the author’s law… it trumps all other laws/tips/tricks I can give you. Simply put Wheaton’s Law is this: “Don’t be a dick!”        Wil Wheaton 2007 PAX (Penny Arcade Expo) Keynote Speech This applies to everything you do in your professional and online life. Tempted to moan about all the rejections you’re [...]

Quick Tip #9 Figure Out Why

One of the things that bugs me about a lot of the writing advice that’s out there is that at some point, just about everyone says something like: “You gotta do it for the love”… Well… yes of course. Writing is so hard, with no garuntee of sucess, that not enjoying the process of creation [...]

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