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Ten Websites For Writers

This is one of those slight cop out posts where I wrote out a really good post for the day and then left it at work on a secure system I now can’t access until tomorrow. These are ten of my “go to” sites, when I need information, when I’m bored or when I need [...]

The Essence Of your Book and The Unexpected Value Of Twitter

Hi everyone, today I wanted to talk about Twitter’s value to you as a writer. Not its ability to help you network with other writers and held build your platform, or its never ending links of interest to writers. They are Twitter’s expected values, when I joined up with Twitter I thought that they would [...]

Today

Sorry guiys there isn’t going to much to this blog post, today’s been a bit of a rough one and I need to get a few things fixed before I can get back to making wild speculations about publishing. So in the mean time, may I recommend Chuck Wendig’s epic blog of doom (warning the [...]

Men With Guns!

Your story is stuck. You haven’t written a word for four hours that wasn’t typed into tvtropes.org* and nothing you’re trying seems to work. But don’t worry, Raymond Chandler can save you… ”When in doubt, have a man come through the door with a gun in his hand.” – Raymond Chandler From the introduction of [...]

Why Support Other Writers?

I got asked a little while ago why I pimp other authors on my site and on Twitter. This one was a surprise, but it may be one of those things that I think is obvious to everyone but which turns out to be obvious only to me. There are (at least) three reasons to [...]

Five Writing Mistakes I Made Yesterday That You Could Learn From

These writing mistakes posts are mostly pointing out things I’ve screwed up awhile ago. Just in case you thought I was done making silly mistakes, I’m here to prove you wrong. Another day has passed and that means I’ve got some more mistakes to use as blog fodder. 1. Spent More Time On Social Media [...]

5 Writing Mistakes I’ve Made That You Could Learn From

Skyla Dawn Cameron, saint, author, acquiring editor for Mundania Press and generally awesome person, said some really nice things about me here.* As I said to her on Twitter; it’s nice to be the good example sometimes, instead of the dire warning. I am FAR from perfect. Despite Skyla’s seal of approval, I have made [...]

The Very Basics: Ten Things All Writers Need To Do

I get asked occasionally about where new writers need to start if they’re putting together a career in fiction. Other than telling them that learning the ins and outs of the English language (or whichever language you’re planning to write in) is a plan, I almost always giving them a version of this list. Remember [...]

How Do You Handle Praise?

***Updated With Winners:  Thanks for all your comments folks. In the end I decided to give away three ebooks rather than just the one. I like all of the comments so I ended up drawing two names out of a hat and choosing one because it made me grin. The winners are… Sarah, Nasim and [...]

Ten Reasons I Still Want To Write Despite Chuck Wendig

Chuck Wendig recently posted about Ten Reasons You Don’t Want To Be A Writer. It’s a very tongue in cheek post, but there’s a serious message in there: are you sure you want to do this? I’m sure…but when I was four my stated career goal was to be a friendly werewolf and a writer. [...]

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