Mar 9, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Writing
Authors often struggle with depictions of emotions. We’re supposed to show them, describe them. For example, “she was surprised by this” is a big no-no, and considered lazy writing. “Her eyes widened and her mouth slacked”, on the other...
Mar 8, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Writing
I found the following great resource on Tumblr and writerformypaper.com which will appeal to any authors/writers visiting my blog: adenoidal (adj): if someone’s voice is adenoidal, some of the sound seems to come through their nose appealing (adj): an appealing...
Mar 6, 2014 | Entertainment, Writing
This is important, people! What if Gollum had said, “my very valuable! Nasty Hobbitses want to steal the very valuable”? (via Nat Russo)
Mar 6, 2014 | Entertainment, Writing
Attention, authors: when you write, please make sure you avoid overusing redundant redundancies!
Feb 26, 2014 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Writing
What are readers looking for in a book? I was reading a BookBaby post, that detailed what award judges are looking for in a book, when it struck me: isn’t this exactly what readers are looking for in a book, too? The five most important characteristics mentioned...
Feb 24, 2014 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing
A well-thought, provocative article by MM Jaye
Feb 21, 2014 | My Guest posts, Writing
This was written as a guest blog post for a great friend of Indie authors, Paul Martin. It was published on his Self Publisher’s Showcase blog on December 20th, 2013. The Rhythm in the Writing Wording the song Except for writing, I enjoy music, and occasionally...
Feb 21, 2014 | My Guest posts, Writing
This was a guest post for Samantha LaFantasie’s blog. It was published on January 16th, 2014. I lost to Game of Thrones After almost twenty years of working as web developer and almost five hundred websites later, I needed something new. So, I tried my hand in...
