Tag: writing process
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Advice for This Newbie Writer
There is a lot of advice out there for writers. Finding good advice however is an issue. The problem isn’t that the advice itself isn’t good, but rather that the advice just doesn’t fit the level that I am at in my writing career. For example, the other day I read an article off of…
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Bad Advice that’s Actually Good
“Write drunk; edit sober.” It’s a quote often given attribution to Earnest Hemmingway, arguably one of the greatest writers of all time. It’s wrong. He didn’t say that. And given enough internet research, people can easily discover that this was indeed the case: Hemmingway never said it, and he never practiced it. At least he…
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How to Support the Independent Writer
I wrote most of this post 4 years ago. Not much has changed. I am still struggling to get the word out there on my books. And of course, I need help. I need your help. I bug my close friends and family a lot to buy my work. Many of you who know me…
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Changes Abound
Most of my writing life has been a series of changes and adjustments. Nothing that I do sticks. But that isn’t a bad thing. Considering that I am not making a living off of my writing, finding what works has been a challenge. Finding what works takes experimenting and changing as time goes on. More…
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Pullups
Many of us have experienced that dreaded moment: when you step up to the bar in gym class and are asked to do as many of that terrible exercise as possible. Pullups. I have not heard of many exercises that people do not like as much as that one. Yet, I also hear that it…