How To writing ideas from me and a few of my writing friends.
Your fingers fly over the keyboard as you start to type the last paragraph of your story. Someone calls your name but you can barely hear over the clacking of the keys and the beating of your heart. You wipe away the sweat dripping from your chin. You type the last word of the last…
I have always hated trying to keep on top of paperwork. I have been far more efficient when it comes to organizing electronic writing files. Over the first few years of my writing life, I evolved a more-or-less foolproof system for organizing electronic writing files. It has changed only a little over the last ten…
Long gone are the days when the only thing writers had to do was write. With the advent of the eReader and the explosion in self-publishing, writers are expected to market their book and themselves — self-promotion baby. Social medias like Facebook and Twitter have proven to be a writer’s best friend when it comes…
“Good artists copy, great artists steal.” ~ Pablo Picasso A woman writes in a secluded room all day and submits her story to workshop the following day. The next week she is blasted for the unoriginality of her work. She ponders on how her work could have been unoriginal when it originated from her isolated…
As the year end approaches, the conversation inevitably turns to what we have accomplished and our plans and resolutions. Very few of us have the luxury of spending as much time as we would like focused on our writing. Most of us are greedy for any time management tips and tricks that will help us…
Gift ideas for writers can be a tricky thing as all of us have different likes and dislikes. But whether or not you are the writer putting together last minute ideas for others, or you are buying for a writer, here are some ideas. Writing References What is better than having a stack of reference…
NaNoWriMo is a wonderful thing, but sometimes it is just too big. Fortunately, there are plenty of other, smaller scale, challenges that can make a huge difference to your writing. If you haven’t already, it is time to add a little haiku to your life. When I started my Master of Arts in Creative Writing…
Have you ever been itching to read something but you do not know exactly what it is that you want to read? It is one of those things that you will know when you see it. You walk into a bookstore or a library, spend a few hours browsing (ah heaven) but nothing you pick…