In preparation for all those holiday parties where your aunt’s best-friend’s new boyfriend walks up to you and says, “So, you’re an author…..” Favorite quote… “I wish I could kill you and get away with it.” Second favorite….”I’m a story teller. It will all work out.” Any of you had this conversation? Sadly, I have….
People have opinions. If you are a writer, this should come as no surprise. What may surprise you is that there is no one way to format an ebook. There are a number of ways and a number of people who will swear their way is best. I, unlike many people, like Word. I have … [Read more…]
Neil Gaiman, best-selling fantasy author, talks about the elves we all wish would appear in the night and finish our latest project. I know I’ve looked for them. How about you? In this video clip, Stephen King, darn him, says writers have to do the work (also known as…write).
Every November NanoWrimo rolls around and writers everywhere look for ways to crank out the pages as fast as they can…faster than your muse may want to move. Inevitably at some point you will find your fingers slowing and the words stopping, and you will be looking for a way to break through writer’s block. Why wait … [Read more…]
Every November something strange happens. Thousands of writers hunker down, writing until their fingers cramp and their eyes blur. A few stagger from their homes, blinking at the now foreign sun, to meet with other writers in coffee shops and libraries where they flip open their laptops, and that’s correct…write some more. And so it … [Read more…]