I type, Squiders. When I write, I sit down at a computer, open a word processing document (or the blog window, I guess), and go to it. (Or get distracted by the Internet. Dang you, Internet, you double-edged sword.) But,
October!
It’s that time of year again. October! Best month of the year! You guys are probably sick of me saying that every year, but it continues to be true. The temperature is finally dropping enough to wear, you know, pants. And
Cool Things Round-up
Hey, squiders! It’s been one of those weeks, so I’ve decided to share some neat things for both readers and writers with you. Reading I’ve talked about BookRiot before, but I recently learned that they do tailored book recommendations. (To be honest,
Working with an Ensemble Cast
I’m to the climax of the space dinosaur book, which is exciting! And also scary, because I’m trying out fencepost outlining for this particular project (basically, you identify the major plot points for your arcs–first plot point, midpoint, second plot
How to Picture Characters
Good news, squiders! I did not have to go to jury duty today! (Obviously.) (Also, I wanted to note that I put The Wanderer as MG historical in my box of books post, and it is straight MG. Not sure why I thought it was
Low Confidence
It’s recently come to my attention that I’m not as good of a fiction writer as I wish I was. This comes from the sort of things writers run into all the time–a combo of bad reviews, harsh critiques from
Writing Around Life: Personal Anecdotes?
Hey, squiders, a question for all of you that have been following along with the writing around life posts: Would they be better with personal anecdotes? I’ve been in most, if not all, of the situations described in the book.
Reading Old Books vs New
A writing friend once, in the middle of a storycraft discussion, declared that if you want to be published, you shouldn’t be reading anything older than about five years. So, for example, if you’re reading anything before 2013 today, you’re
Writing Around Life: Work/School/Kids
Here we run into the ultimate combination–work, school, and children. (This is also our last official post in the writing around life series. If you think I should add anything, or you have any comments, please let me know!) Now,
Writing Around Life: Work/Kids
Like some of the previous combination sections, squiders, we’re going to divide this into work part-time/kids and work full-time/kids. We’re also going to assume you have childcare worked out, whether a family member is watching the children or they attend daycare. WARNING:
