Well, it’s been a little more than a year. About a year and two months, actually. I would have written about this on the true year anniversary of self-publishing Souls of Astraeus, but the past few months have been nuts, for …
I thought I’d write up a quick post on creating a book outline. I’m an outline kind of guy and I guess I developed my affinity for them when I was in school. There’s a time for brainstorming, free writing, …
Today was a pretty rough day. No need to get into specifics here, but rough days, bad days… they help me keep things in perspective. They help me constantly re-evaluate my priorities, what I want, what I want to do, …
Setting the mood is one of my favorite things. Candles. Music. Incense. Awww yeah! Let’s get our write on! Seriously though, setting the mood for a productive writing session is very important. We all know that the needs of every …
Taking forced writing breaks may or may not be popular with some writers, but I find that they help me. I could refer to this as simply scheduling the days you want to write, and it could be like a …
Well, today was one of those bad word count days. They suck. They make the voice in the back of your head shout, “Hey loserface! Ha haaa! You didn’t accomplish what you wanted to today! Ha haaaa! You’re never going …
Originality. Whew. It blows me away the longer I’m involved in the book industry how many people are out to capitalize on others’ original concepts that have done well. Yeah, I know it happens in pretty much any other field …
Inspiration is obviously an incredibly important element of writing. It’s something that is sought after, craved, and precious to every writer. It’s as important to the aspiring author about to graduate high school, as it is to the most prolific …