Cheating On Yourself
carriejonesbooks I was once on a panel at a writing convention in Oklahoma and made fast enemies with the agent (now an editor) on the panel. Why? Because I disagreed. I’m…
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Naughty Transitions are A Writer’s Best Friend
There are certain traps us writers fall into. We generalize. We are too abstract. We summarize. We fail at transitions. And a lot of those negative tendencies can quite easily…
The Sixth Step of Revision? Writing Killer Scenes
Ready for step six in my Revision Series of Awesome? Spoiler: I’m not sure how awesome it truly is. I kind of just made up that name. For summary or…
Do You Have To Find Your Bliss?
A woman named Maggie S. had a great post about why she sets goals on the same week that Meg Cabot had this great post about putting on your big…
Stop Giving The F-Word and Just Succeed
The other night Shaun and I imbibed some alcohol and I declared that to not have a who-gives-a-swear-word attitude is to be compliant. This made Shaun really happy. I said…