This month marks my tenth year writing posts for this blog. Dang. 10 years blogging and not a single hiatus. I never thought I’d keep it up so long.
Writing
Avoiding Reviews: A Pledge
I am hereby making a pledge to henceforth avoid reading any and all reviews. They’re not for me anyway. My job is to keep writing.
I’d Rather Be Shot In The Street
This story device has always bothered me and I feel it’s my duty to bring it to the attention of other writers out there, so that, together, we can stamp this shit out forever.
Tidying Up Those Double Spaces in Your Manuscript
I was doing some freelance work a while back, working with a small marketing team, and I was lamenting the prevalence of double spaces after periods. It’s a pet peeve of mine. The woman I was working with, who was about fifteen years younger than me, voiced her theory that people tend to hit the […]
The 25/5 Rule
Here’s the gist: you write a list of the 25 things that you most want to achieve in life. Then you circle the top 5 and swear off the other 20. Just cut them loose.
Make It Easy On Yourself
I’ve applied this organizing principal to my writing and it works just as well at my desk as it does in my closet.