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Writing Mistakes: Being Anti-Social

Writing Mistakes: Being Anti-Social

One of the biggest mistakes writers make is spending all of their time in their little bubble. As a writer, I love it when there is nothing of the outside...

Book Review: Alternate by Ernie Fuentes

So I'm starting a new feature on my blog: Book Review Wednesdays (and the occasional Saturday--like this post). Every week, I'm going to TRY to have a new book for...

How to Make Time to Write

Struggling to find time to write? I know it's hard for me to fit my writing time into the middle of a busy day. Considering all that needs to get...

The Fear of Being a Flat Character

In all of my readings on being a writer, I came across this interesting term: Flat character: A flat character is a minor character in a work of fiction who...

Writing Mistakes: Using "But"

I didn't think using the word "but" was a mistake, BUT according to my editor, it is one of the weak words that should be used as sparingly as possible....

The Will to Create

I found this interesting quote the other day as I was browsing Goodreads: "We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will creativity. But we can will to give ourselves...

I'm Baaack!

In case any of you noticed that I wasn't online much over the last week, it was because I wasn't online much in the last week! I spent the last...

Things Grak Hates Launches Today

Things Grak Hates Launches Today

Today is very possibly one of the best days of the month. Sure, it's not my birthday (that's next week for all you who don't know) or Thanksgiving, but it's...

Writing Mistakes: Jumping the Gun

I'm getting dangerously close to completing the manuscript of The Last Bucelarii (Book 1): Blade of the Destroyer. It's in the hands of the editor at the moment, meaning I...

Why So Many People Just Can't Write

I've never really had to figure out how to write--it's always just sort of been something I could do. Perhaps I didn't always do it well (I may not write...