The last Horseblog attracted a great deal of commentary from the horse community, and as always happens when people are talking about scary things, the horror stories waxed horrific. Amid all this, author Pamela Dean commented, I had a question … Continue reading
Tag Archives: the craft of writing
Actually not the horse kind. The human kind. This week, I asked fellow writers to ask questions about what they want or need to know about handling and living with horses. Writer and artist M.C.A. Hogarth responded with a great … Continue reading
L is for Luck. I’m not going to mince words here. Sometimes, you can follow every rule, you can do every single thing right, and your writing career isn’t going to go the way you want it to go. Publishers … Continue reading
K is for Kryptonite. I’m sure you’ve brushed up on your superhero lore. There are a couple dozen types of Kryptonite, but they all mean disaster for the Man of Steel—he loses his powers when he’s confronted with the stuff. … Continue reading
This post is part of an ongoing series, the Author’s Alphabet. Click on the tag below to read more in the series! E is for Edit. And edit again. And edit one more time. And yet another. Lather. Rinse. Repeat. … Continue reading
This post is part of an ongoing series, the Author’s Alphabet. Click on the tag below to read more in the series! D is for Determination. At first glance, it seems that anyone can write. We all wrote book reports … Continue reading
For the aspiring writers among us, I offer this third blog in a workshop series on the craft of writing. Obviously you don’t have to do the exercises, ’cause nobody’s watching, but you might have fun with them. Sample sentence: … Continue reading
This post is part of an ongoing series, the Author’s Alphabet. Click on the tag below to read more in the series!C is for Critique. Criticism. Most of us hate it. We make excuses. We get defensive. But criticism is … Continue reading
I’m running a Kickstarter for a new space opera–it’s right over here, it’s funded and in stretch goals, it’s ending on Sunday, come and play if you like. This is the fourth one I’ve done, and I thought I was … Continue reading
This post is part of an ongoing series, the Author’s Alphabet. Click on the tag below to read more in the series! B is for Book. Continuing on our theme of obvious alphabet letters… But what exactly do we mean … Continue reading