By J.A. (Julie) Kazimer Listen closely, for I am about to tell you a publishing secret no one else wants you to know. Are you ready? Here goes. Not everything a writer writes is good. Shocking, right? J.K. Rowlings didn’t sit down one day and pound out a thousand pages of Harry Potter the first…
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Gadgets and Spreadsheets and Apps, Oh, My!
By Katriena Knights Like most of us writers, I’m always looking for a way to increase efficiency and up my wordcount. All this while trying not to aggravate my carpal tunnels and managing to spend a couple minutes here and there with the kids. My latest quest for the perfect productivity combo has led me…
Why I Have Failed To Write a Word in 2014
By Aaron Michael Ritchey I am the problem. Not the clock. Not the industry. Not my critique group. Not my readers. Not even my stalker fans. Wait, I don’t have stalker fans. Dang. No, I am the problem. When I don’t write, I am the problem? First of all, I forget so easily most everything…
What, Precisely, Are Your Intentions?
By Kerry Schafer Setting Yourself Up For Failure I’m not a big fan of New Year’s Resolutions. More often than not, I think they set us up for failure rather than success. Some of us start out great with whatever it is we’ve decided to do: write 2000 words a day, go to the gym…
Never Give Up!
By Mark Stevens Regrets? I’ve had a few. One bothers me more than most. I knew it at the time, when I first read Gary Reilly’s stuff. We’d meet in coffee shops, frequently the Europa Café on South Pennsylvania Street in Denver. Hip joint. Cool vibe. Gary would pluck a stack of things from his…