Pros and Cons of Automated Editing—a Discussion of AutoCrit In the continuing saga of preparing a book for Kindle Scout, let’s talk about editing for self-publishing. This could also apply to editing for submissions, since you need to have your book in squeaky-clean shape before you start submitting to publishers (I know a good number…
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The Value of a Compliment
So. Here we are, six months into the “New Year.” How are your writing resolutions going? Are you getting 2,000, or 10,000, or whatever daily word counts you aspired to complete? Me either. Have you finished that first novel and started in on your second? I’m right with you on missing that one too. In…
Halfway and Unfinished
I was talking with a writer the other day. Those writers. You know the type. Shifty-eyed. Distracted. Stinking of gin and desperation. A nervous laugh and a hair-trigger sense of despair. Yes. A writer. She was working on her first novel, and times were bad. Why were times bad? Because she was about halfway through…
Always Be Researching
One of my most enduring beliefs about being a writer is that you should always be researching. Of course, the sort of research you need is completely dependent on the type of story you’re constructing, but outside of closely examining human behavior, my favorite research involves travel. Writers don’t have to love far flung destinations,…
Things That Keep You From Writing: The Fear Factor
Today’s motivational writing post is brought to you by the emotion fear.
Fear is a tricky emotion. It doesn’t always manifest with a pounding pulse, shaking hands, and chills up and down your spine. Sometimes, when it comes to writing, it can masquerade as boring, ordinary, avoidance.