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Amazon’s New Fan-fic Program
Most of you at this point have heard about Amazon Worlds. At least, you have if you connect with any kind of social writing media. For those of you who wisely avoid this cess-pit, let me inform you as...
View ArticleAs I embark on the last edit of Undelive
As I embark on the last edit of Undeliverable, check out this awesome word cloud of the novel! http://ow.ly/i/2hjO1
View ArticleMy First Interview!
Last night, Kristen Pham posted an interview with yours truly. She’s doing a series on authorial inspiration and had some very kind things to say about me, so check it out! She also has a pretty...
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Critiquing Site
I’m taking a break from my usual Monday morning book review to talk about something a little bit different: Scribophile. Scribophile is a writing community website where you can post your work for...
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A Unique Journal
Today I want to tell you guys about one of my new favorite journals: One-Story. I had found that however much journal publishing is good for building a writer’s reputation, I struggled to read through...
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Indiegogo Update
Thanks to those of you who have donated already, you’ve pushed me past the halfway mark! As of right now, I am at $625 and that means I only have to raise another $375 before everyone gets a digital...
View ArticleChekov’s Gun
I’m not normally one to post videos and the like, but this is the most hilarious exploitation of Chekov’s Gun that I have ever seen. Wondering what that trope is about? Well, for those of you who don’t...
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Books as Actors
The artist Terry Border created an intriguing series of pieces wherein the pulp fiction versions of famous books were acting out bits of their own plot. Flash Gordon was probably my favorite, but...
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Music and Writing
I’m not sure about you all, but I can’t write without music. I just thought I’d share my Pandora stations with you that I turn on to write to… The Ozite Cycle – It doesn’t matter which of Thea’s...
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Green Lake Play Series – The Staged Reading!
I will get back to my regularly scheduled Hugo Award Voting reviews next week, when I will hopefully have finished all the novels (or given up on them, there’s a couple…) but I have some fun news to...
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It’s NaNo Bootcamp Time!
Have you ever wanted to write a novel? Have you read about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) but were too scared to give it a go? Or thought you just didn’t have the time? Guess what, that’s...
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NaNoWriMo Bootcamp #1
Drop and give me 20! 20 unique letters and number, maybe a special symbol or two, for a password. No, don’t tell me. You’ll need it for the two things you should set up before you start writing. The...
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NaNoWriMo Bootcamp #2A – Plotting
Today, we’re going to be talking about plot. What is plot, you ask? Well, it’s what happens in the story, or in other words, the action. If you need more of a definition, check out this article. Now…...
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NaNoWriMo Bootcamp #2B – Hero Cycle
That last post was getting really long, so I decided to break up my plotting lessons a bit to make them more digestible. Today, we continue the grand discussion on how to plot your novel with a...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo Bootcamp #2C – Outlining
Alright, the last thing on plotting that I want to talk to all of you about is your outline. Yes, pantsers, I get it, you don’t outline. But again, I think this is something super useful that you can...
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NaNoWriMo Bootcamp #3 – Character Building
I hope you all had fun plotting your novel this past week, because now we’re moving on to building your characters! First, to warm up your brain… Drop and give me 20! This time, I want you to go to...
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NaNoWriMo Bootcamp #4 – World Building
Okay, second to last Bootcamp post and then you guys get to go nuts on your own 50k words. Today we’re talking about World Building so… Drop and give me 20! Brainstorm 20 words or things that...
View ArticleNaNoWriMo Bootcamp #5 – Last Minute Tips
NaNoWriMo starts tomorrow and I’ve got a few tips to help you make your daily word count goals just a little bit easier. The backspace/delete key is OFF LIMITS. If you write it, it stays on the page....
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Go, Go, Go! Write faster!
So, the first few times I did NaNoWriMo, I was pretty antisocial about it. Yeah, I friended people I knew in real life so I could watch their progress, but I hadn’t gone out to any of the write-ins for...
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On Becoming an Authority
National Novel Writing Month is in full swing, and, as usual, I’m not going the traditional route. I find this crazy hectic month of writing much more conducive to finishing up languishing projects, or...
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