By Chris Pitchford Benny had two of my all-time favorite jobs. He was a writer and he commanded a space station. Actually, he was a character played by Avery Brooks in one of my favorite television shows. In one memorable episode of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Benny’s original writing was attacked by hostile indifference….
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How to Grow a Novel
By Barbara Graham Probably because I’m in the midst of trying to get my garden to produce something other than really healthy weeds, and my next book is in the formative stage, the comparison between gardening and writing a novel seemed ideal. After all, they both start with high hopes and big plans. Each beginning…
Guest Post by Rebecca Taylor: “Am I Good Enough?”
By Rebecca Taylor I think there may be a singular question that, at some time or another, burns in the soul of every writer. “Am I good enough?” As we barrel towards the 2014 RMFW conference this weekend, I know it’s a question that many writers are hoping to have answered for them. Whether they…
Series or Standalone or The Problems of Estimating When You Don’t Outline
By Carol Berg In my published writing career, I’ve started six projects. Three of them, I intended to be standalone novels. Only one of those three stayed that way. One project I sold as a three book series and it turned out to be four. Clearly I’m not great at estimating. My problem is that…
How Exhaustion Helps Writing
By Trai Cartwright How does exhaustion help writing? It doesn’t. Of course it doesn’t. Writing through mental and physical exhaustion has always been a struggle of mine, and it seems in the past year or two, I’ve heard much the same from many of my writer friends. Whether it’s acute over-programming or serious health ailments,…