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
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:
Writing Around Life: School/Kids (Younger Children)
This post is going to be divided into part-time school/young kids and full-time school/young kids. In this case, young kids essentially means any child who is not also going to school full-time, so infants, toddlers, and pre-schoolers. This is a tough combo,
Hooray for July!
Oh man, squiders, you have no idea how happy I was when Monday rolled around. All the craziness of May and June are finally behind me and I feel like I can breathe again. It is lovely. Now that all the sundries
Writing Around Life: Work/School (Part-time/Part-time)
Okay, squiders, we’re getting into the combos now. This week we’re looking at how to work writing in if you’re doing both work and school at the same time. First we’re going to consider someone who is working part time
