How to Start Writing a Book
carriejonesbooks People ask me all the time about how to start writing a book, and I think I’m getting more emails about this than I normally do, which means – a…
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Mushy Dialogue Sucks
There. I said it. Mushy dialogue sucks. It’s nothing space in your story and sometimes it’s nothing space in your life. You know what I’m talking about, right? You meet…
Avoiding the New Year’s Suck – Dogs are Smarter Than People Podcast
Okay. Okay. I know we always try to be positive because we are positive people. Cough. But New Years? It’s a little frustrating. That’s because it’s all about goals and…
People Laugh At Me. All the time. Writing and Structure and MINI Coopers and Big Packages
Sometimes you have to be flexible. All my adult life I had wanted a MINI Cooper and I totally got one in 2009, which was awesome and amazing. The MINI…
A Story Is About More than Mechanics and Grammar. Dogs are Smarter Than People Podcast.
Too often we really focus only on the mechanics of story. Writers and student-writers are told to make perfect sentences, understand the use of the semi-colon, and to spell words…