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New Podcast Up: Reasons for Writing and Filmgoing
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
In this episode we discuss the hard life of an indie writer, what that entails, and mostly why we keep writing. Many independent writers quit writing all together when the going gets rough, but what is needed to keep the creative fires burning? We also wrap up the…
5 Tricks to Keep a Modern Reader Interested
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
I can’t count the amount of indie books I’ve started but haven’t finished. I read everything on Kindle now save a few of my favorites like those in my Tolkien collection (I have all hard-bound editions of those). If I want to figure out whether I want to…
5 Ways to Reveal Backstory When Writing A Novel
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
For my latest WIP I spent nearly six months designing a rich backstory complete with six habitable planets, four alien races, culture, pre-history, flora, fauna, and loads of other details that may never make it onto the page in any of the several novels I will write in…
How to Write Your Novel In Under 20 Minutes by Simon Van Booy
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
And now it is time for a Saturday morning pep talk, writers. Simon Van Booy, writer of several short stories, novels and other award winning text, who has also written some intriguing philosophy books, gives his two cents on writing and planning a novel…and why everyone should. This…
10 Things to Consider Before Writing a Novel
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Currently life is preventing me from reaching my daily quota on my new writing project. I suppose if I hadn’t considered a few rules to set for myself before I began this project, I would be spinning my wheels in the endless morass of counter-productivity. I set some…
The Reverse Outline
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
I have accomplished a great personal best: creating a complete pre-history, flora, fauna, culture, alien races and government for five alien planets that the humans or Terrans in my new novel series “The Five Rims”. It came in at just over 15K words as well. Now to write…
3 Reasons We Get Bored With Our Own Plot
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
I am currently working on a short story collection for an upcoming book release. I’ve cobbled together some short stories already published on Literary Juice and elsewhere as well as some brand spanking new short stories to send chills up my reader’s spine. However, one short story has…
5* Reviewed Novel Only .99 Cents For A Limited Time
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
It’s time for another promotion, and so I have listed my latest science-fiction mystery-thriller novel Come Apart for a low low Kindle price of .99 cents for this week. It will remain .99 cents for the week, but revert back to $2.99 on Monday the 22nd. It…
Writing a Novel: Like Building a House
Originally posted on ThinkingSkull.com:
Writing a novel is like building house (I’ve done both). It’s always nice to finish the foundation and get the framing up, just to see everything taking shape and your plan coming together. Of course, you still have the plumbing, wiring, HVAC, walls, shingles, appliances, flooring, carpeting, and everything else…
New Podcast Up: Take a Vacation Not a Trip
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
In this episode we discuss the idea I put forth in a blog post last week about taking a vacation instead of going on a trip. Ryan had some other ideas about the subject, and it turns out to be a little more individual matter than most would realize.…
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