Knowing Your Genre (3rd post about – Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t)
I’m writing a series of posts reviewing parts of Steven Pressfield’s book, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t. Today I’m focusing on the importance of knowing your genre. This topic really hit home with me, because I write cross-genre stories, Read More …
How to Use Canva to Create Ads – 6 easy steps
One – Go to Canva.com It’s a friendly site that helps you create great graphics. Two – Choose a Design There are many design sizes to choose from. Make sure you click on “More,” so that you can see just Read More …
Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t – My Review
Really? Nobody? Ouch. But it’s true. So the point is: Don’t write sh*t. In Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, Steven Pressfield describes his journey as a writer and what he learned along the way about creating a strong story. Read More …
Creative Tension
Good art is all about tension. Consider haiku. A central tension lies within three lines of poetry. The Japanese call it “kire,” a pause created by a juxtaposition between two elements. It creates a spark of energy, like the spark Read More …
Be the Monkey – a Barry Eisler Joe Konrath dialogue
Love this quote: “The only really necessary people in the publishing process now are the writer and the reader!” Russell Grandinetti, Amazon Be the Monkey is a 35,000 word on-line discussion between two articulate, refreshingly irreverent and extremely intelligent writers Read More …
Playing with Pitches
On Saturday I went to an amazing writing workshop with multi-published, award winning author Shelley Bates called “The Dread-Free Synopsis.” My head is still spinning. The woman is a master at getting you to dig deep. My plot’s been spinning in Read More …
Donald Maass’s Disturbing Metaphor
On Feb. 5th Donald Maass wrote an engaging blog post, The New Class System, on Writer Unboxed, about the current state of the publishing industry that has people talking. It views the publishing industry as a hierarchy. The beauty of Read More …
Donald Maass's Disturbing Metaphor
On Feb. 5th Donald Maass wrote an engaging blog post, The New Class System, on Writer Unboxed, about the current state of the publishing industry that has people talking. It views the publishing industry as a hierarchy. The beauty of Read More …
About Those Shitty First Drafts
Yes, “Shitty First Drafts,” is the title of a chapter in Anne Lamott’s book, Bird by Bird (Anchor Books ed. Oct. 1995). And a fine chapter it is. Here are my three favorite quotes from the chapter, which I highly Read More …
3 Quotes from Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird
I’m reading an amazing craft book on writing: Bird by Bird, Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott (Random House, New York, 1994). As one critic said: “Superb writing advice…hilarious, helpful and provocative.” (New York Times Book Review) Read More …
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