The Andy Peloquin Writing Playlist Part 1
Hey all, it's Friday, the day that I finally get to spend all day at my desk writing the stuff I love--fiction. I'm currently in the middle of the rough...
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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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When Do You Do Your Best Work?
“You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.” ― Saul Bellow Have you ever found yourself drifting off to sleep late...
Writing Mistakes: Insufficient Description
This is a mistake that I made a lot when writing In the Days: A Tale of the Forgotten Continent for the first time, and it's one that I hope...
What is a Writer's Best Asset?
I've always thought that a creative mind and writing talent were the two most important things for a writer, but it turns out I was wrong. According to one smart...
Writing Mistakes: Wordiness
Writers, keep this one piece of advice in mind: "Never say in 10 words what you can say with 3." One mistake I find myself making A LOT is being...
Writing Mistakes: Not Reading Enough
This is something you'll hear EVERYWHERE, so I apologize if it sounds a bit clichéd. I think I've even posted on the importance of reading more, but it's so fundamental...
How to Define Your Writing Style
I find myself listening to audiobooks and reading novels and realizing, "I like the way this author writes. I want to write like him." I make mental notes of the...
Random Thoughts
Do you ever find yourself without anything to say? It's happening to me right now. I'm sitting in front of this blank Word document, and I have no idea what...
Writing Mistakes: Following the Rules Too Closely
In my last Writing Mistakes post, I talked about the importance of following the rules of grammar and punctuation in order to make your writing good. This week, I'm going...
Finish What You Started!
“The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.” —Philip Roth How many of us have something that is still "in progress" but is going nowhere? There's that novel we started...
Writing Mistakes: Not Following Grammar Rules
When you write, you know you're supposed to follow the rules of grammar. It's what makes writing good, right? Few writers are going to put a paragraph like this in...
Book Summary Critique
What do you think of this book blurb/summary? All feedback--positive and negative--is welcome: The Last Bucelarii Book 1: Blade of the Destroyer The Hunter--a legendary assassin, a name feared in...
A Handy Guide to Self-Publishing
If you are a n00b in the world of publishing and self-publishing, have I got a treat for you! At the beginning of the year, I had just finished writing...
The Secret of Art
What makes art art? Sounds like a silly question, doesn't it? Have you ever wandered through a museum of modern art and seen some of the pieces hanging on the...
Writing Mistakes: Not Writing Enough
In today's issue of Writing Mistakes, we're going to take a look at one of the biggest mistakes people make with their writing: not doing it. Writing is a skill...
Putting Up With the Daily Grind
My passion may be to write fiction, but sadly that hasn't begun to pay the bills quite yet. In the Days may have sold a few copies, but nowhere near...