Category: Writing
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My Biggest Ask Ever
It’s been awhile, I know. I had been posting quite regularly and now here we are, midway through February with near radio silence for all of January. What happened? Well, long story short I caught COVID19 and it hospitalized me. I’m out of the hospital now, but the recovery has been very slow going. That…
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End of the year reflections
So, this was 2022, right? Whoo… I am not tempting fate in saying that 2023 will be my year, or anyone’s year. Like a great many others have said on social media, we’re all going to tip toe in quietly. Work Reflections Other than one large wrinkle work wise with having to take a break…
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The Writing Process – Part Four – The Second Draft
The series: The Story So Far… I have a feeling there are more than a few people reading how much work goes into a novel before anyone remotely close to publishing looks at it has probably had an eye-opening experience. While, yes, there are some who can and do “pants” it, I’m not one of…
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The Writing Process – Part Three – The First Draft
et’s face it, that little flashing indicator in any word processing program when you start a fresh, new page that has nothing else on it is still as intimidating as hell. You can, and will, get stuck in the ever-revolving rut of not even wanting to start creating because “What if it sucks?”
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The Writing Process – Part Two – The Outline
Without actually writing a scene, I figure out what will happen in that scene by answering the 5 W’s and 1 H above. If the scene needs another scene to expand on that, I keep adding paragraphs to expand on it. To keep track of these, I use Scrivener. Each time I have to add…
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Hiring a Freelance Writer: How Much Does It Really Cost?
Ah, you’ve asked a real question there and I’m sure you’ll be rolling your eyes when I answer with, “It depends.” Very nice, Kristan, we get that. But on what does it depend? The thing about freelance writing is that you have to ask what you are looking for in a writer. Are you looking…
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Was it Something I Said?
… Or the Day I Made an Obvious Scammer Run for the Hills If you’ve spent any time at all on this blog, then you already know I have a very dim view on scams and scammers. In a previous life (and a previous position), I worked as a Fraud Analyst. Wild guess on what…
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The Writing Process – Part 1 – Research & Plotting
I’m splitting this into six parts – one for each definite stage of writing and editing. The Parts * I will be revisiting this list as I complete a post so that each post is linked together. Research & Preliminary Plotting Outlining First Draft Second Draft Third Draft Final Draft The Idea I’m not a…
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Is the Post-Apocalyptic Genre a New Take on the Western Genre?
I’ll be straight up with my opinion here: Yes, it is.
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Remembering R.M. Vaughan
Canada loses a writing icon. I won’t get into his death, but let’s talk about his writing. I had to read much of what he wrote in a few English Lit courses and comment on it. I won’t rehash those essays here. I will say that losing his icon is a major blow. He was…
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