Make Your Characters Flawsome
As in: flawed, yet awesome. No one wants to read boring perfection.
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National Novel Writing Month, No
In which there is little novel writing done and, I’m sorry to say, little sadness about it.
A (Short) Synopsis of “On Writing”
People forget sometimes that King was in fact a High School English teacher for several years while he wrote Rage, The Long Walk, and Carrie during his spare time. I think that teaching urge has never really left him, and On Writing is the result. You still have to go buy the book yourself if you want to know all the little tricks hidden inside it. I am shamelessly promoting the idea that you go give Stephen King some of your money. That said, here is a…
Flaming Crashes of the Gaming Variety: Many Points Lost
Or; Thoughts I have while working on the 2nd/3rd/multiple draft
Working Hard, or Hardly Working
I’m sorry for the lack of posting the last two weeks. Not even an otter meme can save me. Partly I’ve been avoiding the Internet because every time I turn it on some new horror leaps out, like Pennywise on speed. “Hurricane? LOL” says Mother Nature. “Try FOUR hurricanes, back to back. Oh, and two deadly earthquakes in two weeks. Haha, maybe I’ll throw in a plague of locusts and some bloody acid rain, for fun.” Thanks, Ma. Also, the…
The Magic of Manuscript Rejections: Part 5
The Query ship sets sail again this week! In batches of three, my latest begging letter will be heading out to seas unknown, trying to lure me in an agent. My first three letters for 2018 have already garnered me three rejections. Here be monsters (if you define monsters as a vicious cycle of hope and rejection, which I totally do.) In honor of the maiden voyage of my completed manuscript (New Adult, alternate universe, with a strong love story)…
Surprise! It’s IWSG Day!
And further surprise! I did not write a post for the question this month. I blame the start of school, the pace of my freelance writing (picking up), and who I am as a person. *insert shrug emoji* A special announcement was part of this month’s blog hop. I won’t make you click around to figure out what it is. Instead, I will tell you: IWSG is hosting another contest for short stories to be featured in their anthology. Theme-Mystery/Crime/Thriller…