There is a saying, “Doing anything is better than doing nothing.” For the indecisive and deliberate decision maker, this means the longer you take to make a decision, the more likely the decision is going to be taken out of your hands, made for you by fate or the actions of others, and not likely…
Tag: Advice
Take Two Advice, and Call Me in the Morning: GOLD EDITION
I’ll bet you came back from the RMFW Gold Conference, excited to dive into your current project, filling it with all those things you learned over the weekend. Right up until it came time to actually write. The post-conference blue/block is a very real thing. Trust me, I’m not a doctor. And I don’t play…
The Price of Our Dreams (Title Borrowed!)
When he talks about writing, George Saunders brings it all down to earth. He’s so straightforward, so sure, so clear about every phase of the process. And reassuring, too. Literary snobbishness? Zip and ola. I’ve sung his praises before and reviewed Tenth of December, a terrific collection of imaginative short stories. I could also post…
Asking for Advice: A How-To…Avoid Letting Advice Drive You Mad
Recently, I posted two possible covers for an upcoming endeavor on Facebook, asking for, yes, you guessed it, the dreaded ADVICE. You see, I love hearing thoughts on cover art, on manuscripts, on marketing as well as how to live a better, more productive writerly life. Advice can be the best thing EVER. And then…
Newsletter Conclusions – Worldbuilding!
I know that various RMFW writers have talked about newsletters, but this is my personal, particular (and perhaps peculiar – sorry, I’m having fun with the alliteration!) take on the business and pleasures of newsletters. I started (after many years, and AGAIN), a monthly newsletter last July, soon after I epublished my first novella (Lost…