Writerly Rant #57 By Hailey Foglio, Author. Doctoral Student. Originally published on Hailey Foglio, Oct. 30th, 2014 ~ I was recently contacted by Bob Clary, the Community Manager for Webucator, Inc., a system of online and on-site instructor-led training courses…. Read More ›
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Can a Man Write a Good Female Character?
Writerly Rant #53 by Dave K. Heath, Writer. Originally posted on Dave’s Corner of the Universe, Sept. 28, 2014. Revised Edition. Last week due to other people’s work schedules and illness, Uncle Dave was in charge of home schooling my… Read More ›
Adventures in Wanderlust
Writerly Rant #38 by Mikael Carlson, Author. There is an old belief that authors write about what they know. I don’t think anyone will dispute the truth in that statement, and if they do, I would be happy to argue… Read More ›
Editing Tip #33
Writing A Page Turner: Pt 4~ Are You Challenging Your Characters or Cheating Them? When a reader opens your book and reads the first page they should be immediately caught up in tension – not necessarily action (because not all… Read More ›
The Indie Initiative
Writerly Rant #30 Cardboard Characters by Mikael Carlson, Author There are a lot of knocks on indie writers today – poor grammar, typos, bad formatting, etc. Many of these criticisms, unfortunately, are valid. I fell victim to them myself in… Read More ›
Editing Tip #21
Words to Avoid & Why – Pt. 3 Okay, I know you’ve heard it before but it needs to be said again: Adverbs are toxic. “When you use an adverb you’re cheating on the verb.” ~ James Dewar: Publisher, producer,… Read More ›