Monday and Inspiration
J asks, Why don’t you do writing posts anymore? I think most of us go through stages in our professional life. It’s a little cycle that goes likes this: I learn things -> I know things -> I need to
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T. wrote a long question, which I think, is asking about the editorial process and is it possible for mistakes to occur even after it’s been edited. “…An important plot point in the very first scene mentions that the character
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Plots and stories
Instead of working on a million other things this weekend, or taking it easy I ended up poking at Silent Blade II. Sometimes, no matter how much I like it, or don’t, my mind goes into an obsessive mode. You
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We received many emails asking us about what writing programs we use. We mainly use Scrivener for first draft, when the structure of the novel has to be fluid, and Word for second draft and all of the editorial changes.
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So Jeaniene Frost is working on a Vlad book and she’s asked for musical inspiration. Ahem. I usually use him as a modern model for either Kaldar or Raphael, but since J is my BFF, I am willing to let
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Where Do I Start
May writes: I know that you must get this a lot, but if it isn’t too much trouble, could you give me some advice? First, I wanted to say – I’ve never written a novel/book in my life. Having said
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On Worldbuilding
K writes: I’m working on a book … I just really love your world building, and now that I’ve gotten a pretty good handle on who my characters are, I need to flesh out the world they are in. How
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Five Mistakes of a Beginning Novelist – Part 1
A while ago we received an email from someone who read a book profiling the most common mistakes of amateur writers and she wanted to know what mistakes we considered to be the most debilitating. I was under deadline pressure
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K. writes This is the first year I signed up for NaNoWriMo and I’m having troubles and looking for inspiration. I was just curious about your schedule, as in, how many words a day do you write and etc. I
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This is my attempt to make some content happen, since I’m working like a crazy person this weekend. The trick to making the setting and scene realistic lies in adding just the right amount of detail. The internet is very
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