And NaNo is Dead
Yep. That’s right. NaNo is Dead. One of the big hubbubs this week was the news that the organization behind NaNoWriMo is officially dead and honestly? That’s a good thing. Besides the abuse scandal, followed by the AI scandal, NaNo’s Read More…
Attorney at Nothing
Few people like to think about death. So few that according to Gallup, 54% of U.S. adults do not have a will. Those who do are mostly over the age of 65, are upper class, and are white. Most are Read More…
The Fall Continues…
I truly thought that after having their asses handed to them with regards to internal bigotry…I mean possibly protecting missing stairs…no, I mean kicking all the writers in their youth program to the curb…ah, hell, I figured the folks running Read More…
How I Outline
Recently, a friend and colleague asked me to share more in-depth details about my outlining process, so here goes. I’m what they call a plotser, meaning I do a mix of plotting and pantsing when I write. Plotting suggests that I outline what’s going to happen (plot, character arcs, etc.) and pantsing suggests that I write “by the seat of my pants” without any outlines. Read More…
Dear Newbie Writers
Dear Newbie Writers,
Oh, the things I could write about here, but today I’m going to focus on something I wish I’d known when I first began my career–contracts. Read More…
Top 5 Songs to Write to, But Never to Drink to
I liked the last post I did like this so much, I decided to do it again! This time, instead of driving being the issue, I wanted to focus on drinking…well, specifically drinking alone. These depressingly & achingly beautiful songs Read More…
Top 5 Songs to Write to, but Never to Drive to
Ever had a song come on the radio that was so good, you found yourself doing 70mph in a 55? Where you realized you weren’t a NASCAR driver as the police officer pulled you over? Yep. Me too. Oddly enough, Read More…
Scrivener Saturday: Full-Screen Mode
This week’s Scrivener Saturday: Unique Ways to Use Full-Screen Mode. By default, full-screen mode in Scrivener is rather clutter free with basic settings at the bottom: text scale–how large you want the text to be paper position–left, right, or center Read More…
To Thee or Not to Thee
I’ve got a guest post today on linguistics in fantasy over on sci-fi author Cat Rambo‘s site. You can give it a read here: To Thee or Not to Thee
Scrivener Saturday: Five Ways to Use Split Screen
This week’s Scrivener Saturday – Five Ways to Use Split Screen Beyond the Corkboard & Outline Views. Seems like a no-brainer, right? I’ve run into quite a few authors who didn’t know that the split screen in Scrivener wasn’t limited Read More…
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