What Do You Do When It All Falls Apart? Cry. That’s the whole post. Okay, not really. If you stick with this writing gig long enough, sooner or later everything’s going to fall apart around your ears. That’s not pessimism talking—it’s just the way publishing goes. Although, if you’re really, really lucky, maybe it won’t…
Author: rmfwBoss
Writers and Public Speaking
A couple of weeks ago, some RMFW author friends and I were discussing book promotion, and the topic of public speaking came up. Public speaking. As in one of the most fearsome activities a person can do. These brave souls are willing to think about taking heart and book in hand to stand up in…
Lessons From Ten Years of Writing
Yes, the lessons I’ve learned in ten years of writing. This is not to be confused with David Morrell’s excellent book, Lessons from a Lifetime of Writing. So on my own personal blog, I’ve been meditating on the last ten years. In January of 2006, I joined an RMFW Critique Group in Evergreen (with Jan…
Getting Your Priorities Straight
“We all have the same number of hours in the day.”
I don’t know about you, but when somebody says this, I generally want to kick them in the shins or slap them with a large, dead fish.
It always seems to get said with a self righteous air, as if the person uttering the words has everything in their life perfectly under control. They are never late for work. Never miss a deadline. Never find themselves scrambling to fulfill an obligation at the very last second.
Playing with Rhetoric
In this year of politics we are likely to hear the common complaint, “Oh, that’s just the candidate’s rhetoric. Wait until they’re in office and we’ll see what really happens.” Rhetoric definitely has a bad reputation. The first definition in the dictionary implies that rhetoric allows people to use language for influence and persuasion, but…