Happy Thursday, squiders! Today we’re going to look at techniques for students attending college part-time. As a caveat, most students attending part-time are doing so because they have some other responsibility (children, work, aiding aging parents, etc.) so one of
Writing Around Life: School (High School)
Good evening, squiders! We’re moving on to more specific tips this week. We’re doing school first, because almost everyone goes to school (one would hope, anyway). I’ve got this section divided into three subsections: high school, part-time college, and full-time
Writing Around Life: General Tips (Part 2)
Moving along! (I finally finally finished my draft, squiders! I’m in the process of sending it out to betas. And then it’s on to something else, which in this case, shall be the return of the space dinosaur book. I’m
Writing Around Life: General Tips (Part 1)
First of all, Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day! Go give your local indie bookstore some love! They’re all that’s standing between us and Amazon’s total domination of everything. <_< That said, let’s jump into our writing around life tips! Today
Writing Around Life Organization
Hello, squiders! We’re going to start in on the writing around life nonfiction series. This is going to be a bit different from previous nonfiction topics since there’s going to be some overlap between sections. We’re going to organize the
Writing Around Life Introduction
Well, squiders, I think I’ve finally gone mad. Writing around life (work, school, kids, etc.) won the poll, and I was super excited, because I would have sworn that I already wrote, or at least started, this book. Sworn in a court
All and Sundry (and Your Favorite Poll)
Hi Squiders! We’ve almost run out of March already. How does that always seem to happen? (We got a ton of snow yesterday, and our power’s been flickering on and off all day, which is very annoying, especially when one
Common Writing Mistakes: Lack of Conflict
So I lied, Squiders, and found one more common writing mistake. Today we’re going to talk about conflict. Conflict in the writing sense is when something stands in your protagonist’s way of getting what he/she/it wants. (NOTE: The protagonist of a scene
Common Writing Mistakes: Wrong Audience
Good morning/afternoon cusp, squiders! I think this will be the last post in this series, and I’ll save the rest for the book. Also, it is cold and I forgot to put a coat on like an idiot. Today we’re
Common Writing Mistakes: Ending in the Wrong Place
Good morning, squiders. Last week we discussed starting in the wrong place. But one can end a story in the wrong place as well. (To be fair, there are a lot of issues that have to do with what scenes
