Balance Your Worldbuilding: Tips for Chapter 1
Balance Your Worldbuilding: Tips for chapter 1 Alright fabulous author, you have a sparkly idea. It might be fantasy, it…
How to work on descriptions
How to work on descriptions For longer than I care to admit I have been struggling with descriptions. Before I…
Sex Scenes and You!
Sex Scenes and You! By British guest author Alex Markov A lot of authors are terrified of writing sex scenes,…
Five Common Prose Issues Agents Look For
Five Common Prose Issues Agents Look For There are many developmental reasons agents might reject your book in the first…
Glue words and how to deal with them
How to deal with glue words Glue words are on their way to become a public enemy of the writing…
How to develop a writing system that works for you
How to develop a writing system that works for you and your lifestyle Writers often want to know a lot…
Say Their Names
Say Their Names Last week, I discussed how many people believe that there is only one proper accent to write…
Holy Fuck – We’re Discriminating Against Diction Again?
Holy Fuck – We’re Discriminating Against Diction Again? From asshat to y’all, it’s time we stopped telling authors they have…
Do You Need a Writing Group? I’ve got one.
Do You Need an Online Writing Group? Mine’s Opening up to New Members. In light of the RWA’s decision…
Life as a full-time writer
Life as a full-time writer Many of us dream of life as a full-time writer. Being able to support yourself…