I recently had a brief email exchange with Janet Lane on a blog entry she was writing on the topic of book marketing, a topic that I hate. On later reflection I decided to add my own thoughts to hers, which you’ve no doubt read, precisely because I hate the topic so much. (Janet: Forgive…
Tag: writing
Enthusiasm Refill
The festive holiday season fills us with excitement, hope, cheer, enthusiasm, optimism. For several months we have something to look forward to. For many of us it is the excitement to see family and friends we haven’t seen is a long time, for others it’s seeing what Père Noël left for us under the Christmas…
“The Silver Moment”
It’s a term I made up to describe a twist in fiction that can make the “black moment” more shocking to a reader. The black moment is a part of the basic structure of fiction that has been knocking around for centuries. The inciting incident. The mounting tension. Complications. Climax. The black moment. Denouement. There…
I Write
I write. A quip or quote, a snippet of discourse, I write. The ghost or shade, of idea or gist, I write. With pen or quill or tapping keys, I write. Passion for words, enamored of story, I write. Inspired or blocked, I have to write in spite. I write.
Write Your Novel Like A Noob…Or Not
As I write this, here in my 38th year, I’m struck by a number of what some people might consider failures, and yet others might see as learning experiences. To not put too fine a point on it, this is the writer’s experience in an online nutshell. As for me, I’ve taken several cracks at…