Writing is a craft. It’s not a mystical state. It’s not a single emotion. It is craft. I like to[…]
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Writing is a craft. It’s not a mystical state. It’s not a single emotion. It is craft. I like to[…]
Read moreI have a writing exercise for you. I’d like you to produce a short story using the premise “The 102-year[…]
Read moreWhen J K Rowling spotted a Twitter comment from @beauty_jackson that read: “HEY! YOU! You’re working on something and you’re[…]
Read moreA while back I asked Lee Child a question. Not in person, but via a Goodreads author promotion, and he[…]
Read moreA fascinating interview with J K Rowling (AKA Robert Galbraith) in The Guardian. J K Rowling on rejection slips: …[…]
Read moreA gentle reminder from Joe Konrath … This post goes out to no one in particular for no particular reason.[…]
Read moreHugh Howey, writing in Publishers Weekly; The hardest part of getting a book published is the actual writing. All it[…]
Read moreOr how John Steinbeck kept from going nuts … … let me give you the benefit of my experience in[…]
Read moreLast week, author Lee Child was interviewed on Radio New Zealand. He said this about his writing process … Basically,[…]
Read moreIf somebody asked you for tips on becoming a better writer, what’s the one thing you’d tell them? Show don’t[…]
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