Writers, Be Simple
carriejonesbooks We’ve all heard the statistics: Writers take ten years to get their first novel published, on average The average children’s book writer makes 5k a year, if she’s lucky. If…
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So, you want to be a bad writer, come sit down.
Bad writers, gather around. I see that you’re already glaring at each other and/or looking at your phone in an attempt to avoid human contact. Beautiful. You’re off to such…
First Drafts Suck But So Do A Ton of Other Things
Hard writer truth time: First drafts suck. Almost everything stinks the first time you do it. That’s because it’s THE FIRST time you do it. But, we tend to expect…
Make Your Setting Kick Butt
Lately, I’ve been reading a lot of writing where setting is just… Well, it’s missing. You begin a chapter and there are just these talking heads and you’re not quite…
Perfectionists aren’t Perfect
Perfectionists aren’t perfect people. They are almost always miserable people. Seriously. Think about it. There’s no such thing as perfect and if you are constantly trying to achieve perfection? What…