Weird Words for Writing Problems

Words you never heard to explain your writing problems. Warning: Nerd alert ahead!!! Writing is easy, except when it’s not. Writer’s block is just the tip of the iceberg. Below are 16 other problems writers struggle with. So in case you weren’t already feeling...

To The Writers, Too Much Waste of Time

It was one of those weeks when I read lots of status updates and tweets about writers napping, Netflix binging, and being sent to Facebook jail Maybe all these updates get me testy because I don’t have the luxury of napping-Netflixing-FaceBooking.  ( Although my...

Zen and The Art of Manuscript Maintenance

Writing is more than just sitting down at the keyboard and typing. Writing is diving into the depths of your soul and embracing the good, the bad, and the ugly. Writing means peeling the onion layers of beliefs and emotions to expose its raw core—and then...

Purrrfect Writing Tips

Writers are quite cat-like. We can be stealthy, live far more than 9 lives thanks to our characters, pounce on delicious plots, cough up balls of plot flaws, and hiss at those critiquing our writing. In an effort not to be catty, this kitty is offering some tips for...

13 Tips for the Writing Newbie

I began writing my first novel 5 years ago. Boy, was I naive! Yet, looking back, those 5 years feel like both an eternity and a blink of an eye. Because I taught literary analysis and have a B.A. in Literature ( la-de-da ) I though I was ahead of the novel game, but...

Don’t Fear the Critiquer

Despite what you may think, the folks critiquing your manuscript are not the sickle-wielding grim reaper come to bury your manuscript, although for the uninitiated it can be Hell. I paid—yes, paid—for critiques from industry professionals at writers...
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