Here are some more gems of wisdom from the experts at the Writer’s Track. Nancy Knight: Never start a sentence with a semicolon. Georgia McBride: This business runs on new […]
Month: August 2014
Don’t Quit Your Day Job: Advice from DragonCon
Some really good advice from Kevin J. Anderson and his wife, Rebecca Moesta. The panel was entitled “Things I Wish Some Pro Had Told Me.” Here are some of the […]
Short-Short: Twitter Tactics
I’m off for DragonCon in an hour or so … I’ll be doing a lot of Facebook and Twitter posts to keep you up-to-date (and wanting to go for yourself […]
Short-Short: Advice to Writers
HERE’S a great site for writing advice!
Short-Short: Writing Girl Blogs
Here are a couple of “girl” blogs for writers: Grammar Girl – all you ever needed to know about grammar! Inky Girl – reading, writing, and crafting – plus a […]
Short-Short: Manners for the Victorian Gentleman
HERE’S a guide for the gentlemen among us – or our gentleman characters.
Under the Weather
Right now, I’m fighting off some sort of virus. My gut instinct is to curl up in bed, wrap the blankets around myself, and sleep for two days. However, that’s […]
Short-Short: Writing Tricks
HERE’S a link to a good article I just found – “Tricks” of Writing
Short-Short: 19th Century Criminal Slang
HERE’S a link to a good selection of the sort of slang the lads would have used in the late 1800’s
5 Myths About Dialogue
Everybody knows what dialogue is. You read it all the time, in every fiction book you pick up. You hear it on TV and in the movies. It’s obvious … […]