Just realized I let life kick me off my path. I’m still publishing books and marketing them but I’ve been doing the minimal amount of work. I’m not writing as much as I used to, nowhere near. I make plans but don’t put them into action. If you feel you’ve Read more…
Anyone else binge watch more shows on YouTube than Netflix? Don’t even watch actual TV. Of course, when I want to understand something, I go to YouTube. Sometimes, I’ll spend an evening watching author vlogs (video blogs). They’re entertaining and they give good advice. Want to watch vlogs but not sure Read more…
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Character physical descriptions. How much information do you give? Or rather, how much information do you need to give? Once again, there are no set-in-stone rules on how you handle this. From reading romance novels, I’ve gathered the author is expected to give a thorough description of how the characters look. On Read more…
I’ve gotten too comfortable with my writing. Need to do something about that. In a short story I wrote recently, my characters did a lot of chuckling, eye rolling and frowning. Nothing wrong with this, right? It is when they’re used out of pure laziness. I couldn’t think of another Read more…