The Dream of Writing a Novel
One of the challenges in Jeff Goins’ series “15 Habits of Great Writers” called for its participants to start a project they’re scared to do. It could be a book, a magazine article or something else. A...
View ArticleThe Challenge of Worldbuilding
One of the projects I have brewing on my backburner is a fantasy novel. I have a clear idea of what the story should be like and outlined the barebones of a plot in a notebook. I’ve also done a few...
View ArticleThere’s Nothing New Under the Sun
The Significant Other is currently obsessed with The Dresden Files. He told me I should read it. He said he’s positive I’m going to like it because it’s like True Blood and I liked The Southern...
View ArticleBecoming an Authentic Writer
While browsing my Google Reader this morning, I came across this blog post by Irene S. Roth on The Working Writer’s Club. The blog post, entitled “Be an Authentic Writer,” stated that people who call...
View ArticleDid You Join NaNoWriMo?
Did you join last month’s NaNoWriMo? If yes, how far did you go with your novel? For those of you who haven’t heard of it yet, NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It is an annual,...
View ArticleA Lesson on Writing from Mad Men’s Ken Cosgrove
There’s no doubt that the highlight of last Sunday’s Mad Men episode was the fight between Lane Pryce and Peter Campbell. The “grimy little pimp,” as Lane called Peter to his face, definitely had it...
View ArticleSwitching Sides from Double-Spacing to Single-Spacing After a Period
I’m a double-spacer. Before today, I never really cared. I never really paid much attention to that long-standing and heated debate between the hard-line single-spacers and the old-school...
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