I recently did a presentation on writing realistic dialogue for my local writers group. I decided to go ahead and post it here in case people who had to miss the meeting wanted a chance to read it. Then I thought you guys might like it, too. And if you end up singing Ten Duel Commandments […]
I recently did a presentation on writing realistic dialogue for my local writers group. I decided to go ahead and post it here in case people who had to miss the meeting wanted a chance to read it. Then I thought you guys might like it, too. And if you end up singing Ten Duel Commandments […]
I recently did a presentation on writing realistic dialogue for my local writers group. I decided to go ahead and post it here in case people who had to miss the meeting wanted a chance to read it. Then I thought you guys might like it, too. And if you end up singing Ten Duel Commandments […]
I think probably every author has stories they’ve abandoned. Either the stories weren’t working, the writers lost interest, or maybe the books were meant to be part of a series at a publishing house the author has chosen to not to associate with anymore. It happens. I abandoned the first few stories that I wrote. […]
I don’t know why I thought this would be an easy blog post. I mean, sure there are a lot of reasons that I write, but trying to condense it is trickier than I thought. I write because I’m really not great at working in an environment that involves cubicles. I write because I don’t […]
You may be wondering why there’s a psychotic-looking cat biting someone’s toes as the photo for a post about writing pet peeves. Well, I’m about to tell you. This cat is named Peeve. He’s a literal pet peeve. He belongs to my dear friend, Roxanne, and I can tell you, this cat? He’s a total asshole. […]
I really enjoy naming characters. It’s one of my favorite parts of character creation. The first thing I do is peruse my favorite baby name book. I’ve got a list of favorite names marked. Then, I usually add to it the list for whatever the particular story is that I’m working on. Then, I make sure […]
Oh the mistakes. So, so many mistakes. Let me tell you about them. Things that happened in my first novel that will never see the light of day. 1.) Utter lack of internal conflict. Seriously. There was none. It was so boring. 2.) There was a Big Misunderstanding. Actually, it was really more of a […]
Okay, so I have to know if this ever happens to any of my other writer peeps. Do you ever have people mention something specific in your work, and you have literally no idea what they’re talking about? Like, it doesn’t even sound remotely familiar? This happened to me last night in a text convo with my […]
I’ve always wanted an antique typewriter like this. But I feel like if I had one, this is how it would look 98.5% of the time. But, anyway, now that I’ve distracted you with that cute picture, I’m going to say something that’s going to be rather unpopular. I don’t believe writer’s block exists. I don’t believe […]