“In his house at R’lyeh dead Cthulhu waits dreaming.” For years now, I’ve come across this phrase, Cthulhu Mythos, but never the definition. It must be one of those things everybody knows. Authors have been using it in articles and blog posts, often, but they’ve never taken the time to define it and, me being…
We writers research…a lot. It’s unavoidable. No matter what you write, you need to look something up. We know you can’t automatically trust anything you read or see on the Internet but you need to vet books as well. How do you determine if a resource is reliable? Date This is more for printed materials but it can be applied…
I’m a bit tired of waking up on blogging day going “I have no idea what to write about.“ Then, I spend all day using up brain space I don’t have trying to come up with a post. Or worse, I open a New Post and stare at the whiteness hoping to be struck by…
This is why I love the time we’re in. Anyone can be a publisher. I’d heard about Paper.li often enough but never knew what it was. I figured it was more like a white paper- only certain people could create one. I subscribed to one Best Tweets for Writers Daily. It gives me awesome information…
Here are some books that helped me when I was first learning to write. I’m not including novels because the list would be ridiculous. I prefer books focusing on a specific aspect of writing- plot, character, setting and so on. I don’t use general how-to-write books. If you want to know how to writer a…
Since writing my first (unpublished) novel, I’ve been fascinated by Carl Jung’s Shadow. How could I not know about The C.G. Jung Center of New York located in midtown on 39th between Madison and Park. I wouldn’t have found it if it hadn’t been for an assignment for class. I was so excited simply by…
