Awesome Resources for Creative Writing: Story Starts
How many times have you sat down to get some creative writing done and found yourself staring at a blank screen? If you're anything like me, it's been more than...
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Fantasy Assassins Reading List
Welcome to The Ultimate Fantasy Assassins Reading List for Book Lovers If you love fantasy assassins as much as I do, you’ll probably be looking for more assassin fantasy books...
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Duel to the Death: Mila
So in my coffee-fueled writing frenzy, I came up with a crazy new idea: put the Hunter against any and every character willing to challenge him. It doesn't matter the...
How Crazy Are You?
"The ones who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do." --Anonymous I'm willing to label myself at least 50% crazy. I may...
Book Review: A Desperate Mission by Rusty Trimble
It's Book Review Wednesday, and today I've got a book along the lines of Battlestar Galactica and Lost in Space, but for young adults… A Desperate Mission An Interstellar war…...
Awesome Resources for Creative Writing: Twitter Pitching
In the last couple of months, I've had to take a pretty intensive crash course on "Twitter pitching", i.e. the "art of trying to pitch a 125,000-word novel with 120...
Surviving Art: It's Harder than You Think!
The other day, my awesome older brother sent me this as an encouragement of sorts: "Your first obligation, as Ernest Hemingway said, is to survive. To survive as a writer...
Awesome Resources for Creative Writing: Writing Groups
When it comes to creative writing, we writers can be pretty myopic. We see what we want to see in our writing, and it can be difficult to see the...
Working to Make it Work
John Wooden said, "Things work out best for those who make the best of how things work out." I'm going to take it a step further and say, "Things work...
Author Interview with Clarissa Johal
Instead of doing a book review, I'm bringing an interview with Clarissa Johal, author of some pretty intriguing-looking books... Hey, Clarissa, tell us a little about yourself and your background?...
Awesome Resources for Creative Writing: WordPress Templates
What is the best way for an author to share his/her creative writing with the world? Obviously publishing it in a book, audiobook, anthology, or comic book is the #1...
The Importance of a Good Opening Line
Over the (few) years of my writing career, I've had something hammered home in my brain: "Always have a good opening line." The opening line of the book is the...
Happy Unbirthday, Forever Girl: A Victorian Celebration for an historical fantasy
It's Book Review Wednesday, but I'm doing something a bit different: I'm doing a guest post from the amazing Ash Krafton. Take it away! Ash: Thank you for hosting me...
Awesome Resources for Creative Writing: Poynter
For today's creative writing resources post, I'm bringing something that's not just good for authors, but also for journalists, creative writers, bloggers, and just about EVERYONE else who engages in...
Blog Tour: Love Claimed by Mary Crawford
Donda has seen more than her fair share of tragedy. Between the assaults she suffered as a child, her eating disorder, and addictions she feels like she's the last person...
Awesome Resources for Creative Writing: Google Calendar
"How is a calendar an important resource for creative writing?" you may ask. To quote the great G.R.R. Martin: "Oh, my sweet summer child." Google Calendar is pretty much the...
Which Fig Do You Choose?
The other day, I ran into this AMAZING Sylvia Plath quote, from the book The Bell Jar: “I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree...