Writer's Block and Other Issues Anyone who writes anything beyond a note to their Aunt Bessie will run into the wall that is 'writer's block.' It happens to everyone. When the mind gets tired of a subject, it will just decide it can't work on the topic at hand and shut down. When this first happened... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Monday, December 13, 2021
More from my booklet on 'Pantsing.' 'Pantsing' Isn't For Everyone Before I lay out any more about becoming a pantser, you need to know the pantsing pitfalls. If you look up the term in a search engine, one of the first problems you'll see listed will be that you will get stuck. I'll be honest with... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 12, 2021
Preparations The next thing I want to do is to set up my story beginnings. See, we are doing some plotting! I was born with an overactive imagination and an urge to see how things worked. When I would ask my father why dogs would circle around and around before lying down, he would tell me, 'It's... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 11, 2021
This is another segment of my short book, 'So You Wanna Be A Pantser.' Keeping Score One of the most critical jobs in a movie or a television show is the 'continuity editor.' This person is in charge of ensuring that your characters remain as you described them at the beginning of the story. If your... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 10, 2021
I raised the concept of being a 'pantser,' so I decided to post snippets from my short storybook, 'So You Wanna Be A Pantser!' I hope this helps someone. What Is A Pantser? How Does It Work? Depending on where you look it up, the word 'pantser' is said to mean someone who does very little planning... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, December 9, 2021
Have any of you used the PerfectIt software before? They have a 30 day free trial period that I did download, but that came right before Lisa was hospitalized for thirty-seven days, and I didn't have a chance to really give it a workout. Some of my editing friends say that it is 'much better' than... Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, December 3, 2021
A Few Words On Paragraphs
A few tips on avoiding paragraphs that are too long. If anything, I probably use paragraphs that are too short, but they work for me. Any time that you might use phrases like this, it is time to start a new paragraph. A change in time, be it a short passage of time or years, start a new paragraph.... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, November 28, 2021
Using FB and Amazon Advertizing
This is from an email that I 'pay' to get sent to me. Most of the time, I have already been doing some of the things they mention, and this one is no different. I am posting this information here for those attempting to advertise to get their work out on FB and Amazon pages. I had every intention of... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 24, 2021
File Management
This is a 'tweet' I made over on Twitter, pushing one of my short stories (~19,000 words in length): Do you like scary stories? Here's a tale of 'true stories' strung together as one. A Haunting of A Small Town ebook - amazon.com/dp/B0178SBB3G or Audible - audible.com/pd/B08P5FQMWV I learned... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, November 18, 2021
I am in the middle of moving some of my 'formerly exclusive' with Audible to Chirp using their production side at Findaway Voices. So when I got an email this morning telling me that Findaway has been bought up by Spotify, I was not exactly happy. While I am definitely not a Google fan, YouTube has... Sign in to see full entry.