HERE’S another little website I found while researching – it’s a LAST name generator for your characters, using US census data.
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365 Days: Writing Prompts
Lots of writers enjoy exercise – not the sort where you jog around the block, but where you have a writing prompt and spend a few minutes working out your […]
Short-Shorts: Name Your Characters
HERE is a nice little collection of ways you can come up with unique character names, by our friends at WikiHow.
Short-Shorts: Awards
It’s not every day you get an actual medal as an award – I like it! And just for kicks, HERE’S a link to my YouTube “Writing Advice” playlist!
Short-Shorts: 7 Writing Apps
Where Writer’s Win has a great little post – 7 Must-Have Writing Apps
21 Rules For Writers
Here are some more guidelines from the masters Keith Waterhouse’s Ground Rules for Writers Use specific words (red and blue) not general ones (brightly coloured). Use concrete words (rain, fog) […]
Short-Shorts: Western Plot Kickers
Stephen Bly has a nice little blog with some realistic plot kickers for those of you who also write Westerns!
Short-Shorts: Writing Prompts
Scribbler’s Ink is a nice little blog that provides one writing prompt every day, the same as I do on my Twitter @jes_hays!
Keep On Keeping On
A lot of the craft consists of just slogging along. You’d rather be outside, or watching TV or even cleaning the house. But writing is a profession like any other, […]
New Looks
You may have noticed that the site is being revamped. Sometimes it’s good to shake things up and have a makeover. Sometimes your story needs a makeover as well. How […]