The Habits of Writing
Planning to write is as important as planning to go to the gym. If you give yourself a set time to write everyday, you’re more… Read More »The Habits of Writing
Planning to write is as important as planning to go to the gym. If you give yourself a set time to write everyday, you’re more… Read More »The Habits of Writing
Each year Writer’s Digest magazine puts out a list of the 101 best websites for writers. Categories include: general writing resources, publishing, challenges/creativity, genre/niche, protecting… Read More »Writer’s Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers
The character Harry Potter apparently appeared in the 1986 film Troll starring Noah Hathaway and June Lockhart and directed by John Carl Buechler. Not the… Read More »Harry Potter in Troll
I learned recently that George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire is going to be made into an HBO series. A Song of… Read More »HBO Series: A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
I came across this excerpt from an unpublished novel the other day. “Through this mantic glass I watch Manayunk dissolve. Perhaps the rain’s pursuing mist… Read More »Good Writing is Simple
Sarum is the sweeping epic of England, a rich history that blends the ancient and the modern, beginning with the Ice Age 10,000 years ago… Read More »Sarum: The Novel of England by Edward Rutherfurd
If you tell someone you’re writing a novel, one of the first questions most people will ask you is “What’s it about?” Such a tough… Read More »What’s It About?
This was forwarded to me in an email this morning: For the past 25 years, San Jose State University’s English department has been asking writers… Read More »The Worst Sentence of the Year
Storytelling in written form goes back as far as Virgil and Homer and even the Sumerian Epic of Gilgamesh and Indian narratives such as Ramayana… Read More »Chapter 1: How I Got Started