Quest 1: Decide if you're Pantsing or Plotting Have an idea. Then choose: Want to just start writing and figure out as you go? Pantsing! Want to plan out every detail and then write? Plotting! Quest complete. Quest 2: Finish First Draft. Figure out a writing schedule. Stick to your writing schedule. ??? (usually … Continue reading 10 Quests to Write and then to Publish / General Steps from Writing to Publishing
What? What time is it? Yeah, I'm sleeping out of my car! It's great! Why? You want to fight about it? You can shower in the rain. You can eat with the pigeons. And you can really feel the heart of the city when you sleep in their Wal-Mart's parking lot. What? No, I don't … Continue reading The Secret of NaNoWriMo, Writing, and Such
Hi, it’s me. Your average writer. You might have heard of me from my past works such as… who are we kidding? You have never heard of me. I’m a nobody. But I’m a nobody with some experience. Last time, I posted a blog about 4 Same Stupid Questions I See All the … Continue reading Explaining the 4 Common Answers & Advice Given to Beginner Writers
I'm sure any writers who don't retire after NaNoWriMo is over will know exactly what I'm talking about. You're browsing through your favorite writing forums as you relax on the comfort of your gluteus maximus resting against your glorious throne (in my case a $50 dollar chair from Costco). You chuckle at the plebians crying … Continue reading 4 Same Questions I See All the Time On Writing Forums
REVISED version of Black Halo: the Witch & the Guardian is coming out on TOMORROW! (Physical Copies of the novels will be available by this weekend!) Preview Event: PART 1 (Prologue, Chapter 1) PART 2 (Interlude 1) PART 3 (Chapter 2, Chapter 3) PART 4 (Chapter 4, Chapter 5) Blurb: With the Light, came Magic, and the … Continue reading Black Halo: the Witch and the Guardian PREVIEW Part 5
Did you ever hear the cries of a blue jay? It sounds like a drunken Tinkerbell screaming for her life. I'm starting out with that because that's apparently how I'll be starting out this morning. On a goddamn Saturday morning no less. You see in my mind, if I wasn't so lazy, I already went … Continue reading a Date with Emily Wolf
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