Full confession, Squiders–this is something I had problems with for a LONG time. (Doing this today because I make no guarantees about Thursday.) What is pronoun confusion? Well, take a look at this example: Doug and Larry decide to go
Common Writing Mistakes: Speech Tags
Happy Friday, squiders! Today we’re going to continue on with our series on common writing mistakes. We’re still in our first section, which is basic grammar/bad writing issues. Today, we’re going to discuss speech tags. Just to be absolutely clear,
Common Writing Mistakes: Filler/Crutch Words
Let’s jump into our common writing mistakes series, squiders! We’re tackling grammatical and just plain bad writing mistakes first before we get into more complicated topics. And today, we’re going to look at filler and crutch words. So we’re all
Common Writing Mistakes Intro
Okay, squiders! We’re going to dive into the common writing mistakes series now on and off for the next month or so. I’m thinking the book will be divided into a couple of different sections: 1) a basic intro, 2)
MileHiCon, Next Nonfiction Topic, Et al.
Can you believe October is almost over, Squiders? I’m not ready! It seems like it just started, all full of promise and hope, but now the leaves have fallen off the trees and the gloom of winter is descending. It’s
Nonfiction Poll, Videocast Thoughts, and Other Sundry
Hey, guess what, squiders. I found my paper for the Shards library book talk. It was under my bed. Sigh. Who the heck knows why. (There were also cat hairballs under my bed, alas.) Too late to save me now. (One would think I
8 Ways to Expand a Story Idea into Something Usable
Good morning, squiders! Back to ideas for today, and then I may leave the rest of the subject for the book and accompanying workbook and move on to something else. Today we’ll talk about how to take your inkling of
Where to Find Story Ideas: Old Stories
First off, squiders, I know that I originally scheduled our discussion of Undersea, the second book in the Finnbranch trilogy, for today, but I’m going to move it to Thursday, both because I’m not quite done with the book (which
Where to Find Story Ideas: Travel
The world is a fascinating place, Squiders. Every bit of it has its own traditions, its own stories. This can include everything from the urban legends of your hometown to the intricate mythologies to a country halfway around the globe.
Where to Find Story Ideas: Music
First of all, squiders, I want to let you know about this site called Fighter’s Block. Along with sites like Write or Die or Written Kitten, it adds in a little twist to offer some motivation for writing. In this
