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Tag Archives: #amwriting
Let it suck revisited: the beginning of a series
Awhile back, I wrote the following blog, which basically advised people to push beyond fears about instant quality in writing and just “let it suck.“ I reprint it here as the beginning of a series of blog posts that focus on … Continue reading
Posted in digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, independent publishing, self-publishing, writing
Tagged #10MinNovelists, #1K1H, #Amazon, #amediting, #amreading, #AmRevising, #amwriting, #authorlife, #BookBuzzr, #CanLit, #comedy, #crime, #DarkFantasy, #diversifyyourselfs, #Dystopian, #ebook, #EditGoal, #editing, #EditingGoal, #ePubChat, #eReaders, #Erotica, #FaithLitChat, #getcaughtreading, #HistFic, #Historical, #IAN1, #iGOeBooks, #IndieAuthor, #IndiePub, #iPad, #k8chat, #kidlit, #KidLitChat, #Kindle, #Kobo, #KPD, #Literature, #LitFic, #MemoirChat, #MGLit, #Mystery, #MyWANA, #NaNoWriMo, #NonFiction, #Nook, #Paranormal, #Pubit, #publishing, #RomanceWriter, #Romantic, #RomanticSuspense, #ScienceFiction, #SciFiChat, #ScriptChat, #selfpublishing, #ShortStory, #SmashWords, #Sony, #SteamPunk, #StoryDam, #Storytelling, #Suspense, #UrbanFantasy, #Webfic, #weneeddiversebooks, #WIP, #WomensFiction, #womenwriters, #WordChat, #WriteChat, #WriteGoal, #WriteMotivation, #writersblock, #writerslife, #WriterWednesday, #writestuff, #WriteTip, #WritingBlitz, #WritingPrompt, #writingtips, #WroteToday, #WW, #YA, #YALit, writing
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The Power of “What If”?
Writing is an optimistic enterprise. Even the most cynical writer, the one who believes everyone is corrupt and the world is doomed, if that person still writes, s/he proves hope is alive. If that person truly believes nothing matters, why … Continue reading
10 Questions about Tonight’s The Walking Dead Finale
I’ve been intrigued with this season of The Walking Dead. Kirkman and the boys have done impressive work making what we know as normal seem weird and unnatural and tension-filled in the TWD world. And it worries me. Yes, I’m … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, fiction, film, pop culture, The Walking Dead
Tagged #AMC, #AMCTheWalkingDead, #America, #amwriting, #authorlife, #Negan, #RickGrimes, #RobertKirkman, #TheWalkingDead, #TheWalkingDeadFinale, #TWD
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Schooling Myself: Podcasts as Independent Study
I have been getting progressively more serious about independent publishing as a career. I was a journalist a lifetime ago, then a teacher (still am) who wrote on the side (some comics, screenplays, short stories), and now that is flipping. … Continue reading
Posted in digital publishing, ebook publishing, education, fiction, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, teaching, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged #amediting, #amreading, #amwriting, #authorlife, #authors, #authortips, #CreateSpace, #DavidWright, #ebooks, #indypub, #JoannaPenn, #JohnnyBTruant, #podcasts, #SeanPlatt, #selfpublishing, #writingtips
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10 Steps for Organically Inserting a Character
I am heavily into production mode these days, rewriting no less than four new projects – CITY OF PAIN, the apparently long-awaited sequel to CITY OF SIN and CITY OF WOE, two YA novels, GENIUS HIGH and PERFECT, and a … Continue reading
Posted in digital publishing, ebook publishing, education, fiction, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged #10Steps for Character, #amediting, #amrewritng, #amwriting, #authorlife, #betareaders, #characterization, #independentpublishing, #indypublishing, #rewritng, #selfpublishing, #writingtips, writing
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Life Slam Dances With Itself: Ten Ways to Find The Time
From December 23 until January 4, I was on vacation, which translated to “free to write at all times during the day and night” and/or read about writing, listen to podcasts about writing, hang out with The Wife, watch The … Continue reading
More Writing in 2015
Things have been quiet on this blog for a long while, but my computer has been busy. Here’s what I have been doing: I have an anthology coming out early next week, BLACKJACK: SHOOTERS, in which I write a few … Continue reading
Posted in America, comics, digital publishing, ebook publishing, fiction, film, independent publishing, pop culture, self-publishing, super-heroes, Uncategorized, writing
Tagged # thrillers, #2015, #adventure, #ampublishing, #amwriting, #authorlife, #BlackjackAD, #BlackjackisBack, #books, #crime, #guns, #indypub, #writingtips
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My Best Writing Advice: Let it suck
There seems to be an abundance of writing advice on twitter today, for which I am thankful. To return the favor, I wanted to offer the best writing advice I give my students, but this has proven impossible to do … Continue reading
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