There are few characters more associated with Christmas than Ebenezer Scrooge. You have to wonder if when Charles Dickens created the penny-pinching misanthrope, he had any idea of the longevity Scrooge would enjoy, or that of all of Dickens' novels A Christmas Carol...
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...
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...
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...
My office is featured over at Lisa Renee Jones’ blog today. I have to say you can tell a lot about me by looking at my wall and that isn’t really a coincidence. When I was young I read a book where a girl made a collage over her bed that was formed in a spiral. Each...
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...
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...
Ray Bradbury talks about rejection and acceptance in the short story market where he got his start. Plus, you get to watch him walk around his house in shorts!
Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain is one of those books every writer interested in creative write (aka fiction) really has to read. Unfortunately, due to the density of the prose, you really may not want to. And there I guess my book review could...
