Posts for writers, about writing, and just general thoughts on writing.
Or: How To Win Your Inner Creative Battles and Write Your Novel! “The Principle of Priority states (a) you must know the difference between what is urgent and what is important, and (b) you must do what’s important first.” ― Steven Pressfield, The War of Art: Break Through the Blocks & Win Your Inner Creative Battles…
Sometimes the best writing advice comes from non-writing sources. Advice such as how to find your personal paradigm. What does this have to do with creating great characters? Read on, I’ll tell you. I recently subscribed to an e-zine (a magazine subscription on my iPad) called THRIVEOLOGY. Recommended to me by a good friend, THRIVEOLOGY…
Welcome, Jade Kerrion, award-winning author of Perfection Unleashed. Jade is on tour to promote the next two books in her Double Helix series: Perfect Betrayal and Perfect Weapon. (Read more about the first two books HERE.) Today Jade will try to answer a couple of the more burning questions I had while reading her perfectly wonderful…
I took off for New York at peace with the idea I was going to leave my best friend at home. The one I spend 70% of my days hanging out with. The friend who gently, but firmly, corrects my spelling and delivers my email. The friend who not only listens to my every imaginative…
I’d never heard of the expression bucket list until the movie, The Bucket List, starring Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman, came out. After that, of course, I had to sit down and make my own bucket list. What I discovered is that I’ve already accomplished most of the items I would have put on my bucket…
I just read two blogs that made me feel a bit better about my own woes this past week. I know, I don’t live in New York or New Jersey, so I shouldn’t be complaining (Though I will be attending the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade this year, but that’s another post.). Also, I shouldn’t feel…
This is the third post in my series on self-publishing, in which I share with you some of the lessons I’ve learned. It is the post I’ve most dreaded writing. Why? Think about it. How do we learn? We learn from mistakes. I’ve already shared one mistake with you. (See: Self-Pub, Part 2) Now, I’m…
I began working on a new novel this week. Actually, it isn’t exactly new, as the story has been mulling around in the back of my mind for a while. I’ve even attempted a few chapters and character sketches, but the timing just wasn’t right. I needed to finish WHEELS. Finish, as in, get it…
One of the best things about being a writer is having writer friends. I’ve met many of my writer friends through an organization called the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators—or SCBWI, as it’s commonly referred to. Children’s writers, in particular, are hugely supportive of each other. It’s tough to make it in this…
The first thing most potential readers will judge your book by is… The book blurb you’ve so carefully written? The first few words of your first chapter? Your glowing reviews? No, no and no! Whether they admit it or not, the first thing readers judge your book by is its cover—even if it’s only the…