Tag Archive | writing a novel
Writers Need a Vacation, Not A Trip
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
? The sunset out the front door of my brother-in-law’s house. ? I recently returned from Albion, Indiana where I visited my wife’s brother and his six children. We had made the 16 hour drive from Oklahoma because my wife’s brother, his wife and his two oldest children…
Cut Out All the Unnecessary Bits
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
As stated before, I really like Blake Crouch’s first book in the Wayward Pines series, simply titled Pines. It is a science-fiction mystery-thriller packed with twists and turns and strange and wonderful plot developments. I felt that Crouch does a fantastic job of dropping little clues here and there to…
5 Fears Writers Must Overcome
Originally posted on Writing Is Hard Work:
Over the years I have become more and more determined in my quest for greater distribution of my work, and along that journey I have had to not just overcome but put to rest many fears that I had about being an independent novelist. I have three novels…
The Seven Deadly Sins of Prologues
Originally posted on Kristen Lamb's Blog:
Image via Flikr Creative Commons, via Mikko Luntiala To prologue or not to prologue? That is the question. The problem with the prologue is it has kind of gotten a bad rap over the years, especially with agents. They generally hate them. Why? In my opinion, it is…
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