What do you do when you can’t find the words? This seems to be an issue not just with my writing of late, but beyond. Yet let’s look at the writing aspect. Recently, I completed a new sci-fi comedy called Jay and Char Save the Galaxy. This will be edited down the line, and I’m…
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What Are Some of Your Word and Phrase Pet Peeves?
I have a few pet peeves when it comes to words and phrases people (mis)use. (Authors note: This exploration of grammatical pet peeves is meant to be humorous, not condescending, or judgmental). I come by most of my snobbery via my dad. But it’s his grammar snobbery I appreciate the most, I think. Years ago,…
Do You Like to Reread Books You’ve Already Read Before?
I only reread a very small selection of books. I own a lot of books. Most, if not all of them, I’ve read at some time or other. And most of them I will never read again. This is why, a few years ago, I donated several large boxes of books to my local library….
Ask Not for Whom the Writer Writes
The writer writes for thee – and for me. Why do I write? Because I love it. I take an almost perverse pleasure in putting words on the screen or page. And this has been so for over 40 years. I can be writing a blog about writing; an article about mindfulness, conscious reality creation,…
Why Do the Words We Choose to Use Matter At All?
Because the words we choose can convey and take on many different meanings. Actions speak louder than words. That’s the truth. Someone can tell you constantly how much they love and care for you and will protect you – but when they do some action that is unkind and hurts you – that’s the truth….
Why That Word Choice?
Any word choice you make will impact your work. Whatever you are writing – words matter. The English language is messy. Someone I know described English as the language that takes other languages into back-alleys and shakes them down for loose grammar. Because English is how it is, many different words can be applied to…
Did I Write That?
Being impressed by your own work isn’t so weird. Maybe I did write that… For 2021 I have written a total of 6 new books. Four are the launch of my Forgotten Fodder series. Two are the continuation of my Void Incursion series. As part of the work, editing must occur. This is a three-part…
How Much Time Will It Take?
How much time you take to create your art is irrelevant. The creation of any given art is a process. How much time it takes to create art is an often controversial, yet deeply personal matter. This can be particularly disempowering in the ultra-fast, have-it-done-yesterday society we live in. How many competitions do we see…
Self-Publishing and Marketing
An ongoing challenge with self-publishing is marketing. I decided, after a large number of rejections over some 10 years from both agents and publishing houses, to self-publish. Yes, I questioned if maybe I just was not as good a writer as I thought I might be. However, after much analysis, I concluded it was less…
Choosing Names, Titles, and So On
When it comes to fiction, names and titles can be challenging When I began my fantasy series in 1998, I initially referred to it simply as my fantasy story (and given the restrictions in naming .doc files in Word, then, it was an awkward name). Then, as I realized I had a LOT of characters,…