There’s a Reason To Read “Can’t Buy Me Love” and Other Stories
I know two great authors on Twitter. I might spend a bit more time than I should there, but this particular social medium is great for one thing: getting to know your fellow writers. Two such writers are Dan McNeil…
Jump Up, Bounce Around and Get Outta That Rut!
Ruts are nasty beasts. We call them many things: writer’s block, disillusionment, burn out, needing a mental break. Whatever we want to call it, it’s still a rut, a dark place no one wants to be in, but each of…
If You Think You Have It BAD, Think Again.
That evil dreaded rut is hard on writers. It’s that time when you call it writers’ block or when you can’t seem to decide what to do with some extra bit of draft that you can’t seem to let go…
Do You Have a Publishing a Book Dis-ease?
You have one chance and one chance alone to impress a person with your writing and, what is more important, to earn money on your published book. For most writers this sounds like a challenge — in a good way.…
Dare To Better Yourself And Write!
Admit it: you’ve hit a writing rut. A very wide, very deep rut. One that right about now seems to be far too deep to find a way out of it. Everything seems to blah, and so… maybe if you…
Open Book. Open Mind. Tell Me How You Really Feel!
Starting to look inside the world of fan fiction I was talking to some people about what they thought of fan fiction, and it seems that there are quite a few people with…
I Love Star Trek… I Think I’ll Write Some Fan Fiction, And I’ll Need Some “Critiques” Before I Publish
These days anyone who watches a favourite show or movie will likely have heard about fan fiction. Simply described, fan fiction takes the characters that you love and puts them in a new situation, not created by the original production…
Dreamers, Hobbies, Money and Me
Writers are dreamers, but they also want to make money for themselves. We all have hobbies, and these might not make us much money, but we love to do them anyways. Money isn’t the issue in a passion for something…
