To Quit Or Not To Quit (writing) – That Is The Question
Those of you who have read some of my previous blog posts (assuming anybody reads this blog anymore) know that I’ve addressed the issue of rejection before. My feelings on rejection have stayed fundamentally the same: rejection is part of the game. If you plan on being a writer, you need to plan on getting [...]
A Writer’s New Years Resolutions
This time of year we fill ourselves with empty promises (we call them “resolutions”) to do more, be better, and achieve everything we’ve always wanted to achieve. The trick here isn’t to avoid resolutions all together, the trick is to treat them as goals and make them achievable.
How NOT to write a short story
Certainly there are thousands of other pieces of advice that writers can give about making better short stories, but avoiding the pitfalls in this post helped me write some of my best short stories ever.
Rejection and a Kick in the Face
If you read the title of this blog post and you expected me to spin a lengthy yarn about how my latest rejection was a kick to the face, then you’re actually wrong. That said, I think this post is still worth reading.