On Writing
Random Brain Cells Firing on “No one buys books anymore”
This is the title of an article making the rounds in the writing world based on Elle Griffin taking a dive into the results of
April 24, 2024
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This is the title of an article making the rounds in the writing world based on Elle Griffin taking a dive into the results of
How AI Will Cripple Authors’ Livelihood versus the Uncanny Valley Something lost in all the talk of ChapGPT, Bard and the newer programs focused specifically
A lot of discussions lately among those of us in the creative fields such as writers, whether AI will replace us. So I went to
In celebration of the publication today of The Writer’s Little Black Book, the first book in the series, Life’s Little Black Book is only .99
Every writer dreads a deadline, yet at the same time we crave them to give us direction and purpose. I’ve been writing for a living
The publishing business makes little logical sense. That’s because it’s part of the “entertainment business.” The first word, entertainment refers to emotion, while business refers
While we usually want to avoid conflict in real life, in fiction, it is what drives the characters and story forward toward the climactic scene.
I’m in the process of updating all my slideshows on writing the novel and got the first four done: Idea, Conflict, Plot and Point of
There was a young girl who wanted to be a violinist. She practiced hard for many years. Finally, when she was a teenager, her hero,
The two are somewhat different. There are lots of writing books out there. It seems after a certain number of years writing, each author tries
November is when many writers go into hyper speed and participate in Nanowrimo. It stands for National Novel Writing Month. It doesn’t mean you have
Yes, there was a time when we lived in caves, ate rocks and didn’t have an internet. Well, DARPA did, but the first Internet message
I heard that this weekend at the Writers of the Flathead Conference in Kalispell, Montana. I remember David Morrell saying the same thing at Thrillerfest
This was what someone posted on a conference twitter thread that I recently spoke at. Of course, the speaker was moi. Making friends and sowing
Product, Platform, Promotion. We all rate differently on those three, therefore any writing advice we get has to be factored through our own personal situation.
Honestly, this is the hardest topic to discuss or teach. For example, I wrote New York Minute in omniscient, translucent, single character. Right. Got it?
This morning I read another story about the ten keys to success as an indie writer. I read articles about the essential things a writer
Substitute the word ‘books’ and you’ve got it. Early in my career, which has now spanned three decades, while I was living in a one-room
Writers tend to be insecure people. Don’t believe me? I don’t think you do. Why not? Seriously? Geez. But we can learn to be better.