Last year, I read a friend's first novel. He critiqued some of my writing in the past, and it was nice returning the favor. He's getting ready to submit the novel to an agent who reads his writing, and he asked me if I felt the novel was tight … [Continue reading]
10 Ways to Keep Writing While Traveling for Work
Traveling for work (the day job), can cut into a writing schedule. Here are 10 tips to help you keep writing, or at least focus on writing-related things, while on the road. 1. Make a Writing Schedule Before You Leave Making a writing … [Continue reading]
Weekly Roundup (10/11/09 – 10/17/09)
This week's roundup: Blog/News Finds I got my writing start with comic books. I am fascinated by the marriage of words and pictures, and believe writers can learn so much about writing by looking at artists and listening to their take on … [Continue reading]
The Best Critique I Ever Received
This week -- Monday through Friday -- I'm talking about criticism. Monday: The Benefits of Criticism Tuesday: 5 Ways to Handle Criticism Wednesday: 5 Ways to Give Good Critiques Yesterday: Criticism -- It's Not an Editor's Job Today: The … [Continue reading]
Criticism — It’s Not an Editor’s Job
This week -- Monday through Friday -- I'm talking about criticism. Monday: The Benefits of Criticism Tuesday: 5 Ways to Handle Criticism Yesterday: 5 Ways to Give Good Critiques Today: Criticism -- It's Not an Editor's Job Friday: The Best … [Continue reading]
5 Ways to Give Good Critiques
This week -- Monday through Friday -- I'm talking about criticism. Monday: The Benefits of Criticism Tuesday: 5 Ways to Handle Criticism Today: 5 Ways to Give Good Critiques Thursday: Criticism -- It's Not an Editor's Job Friday: The Best … [Continue reading]
5 Ways to Handle Criticism
This week -- Monday through Friday -- I'm talking about criticism. Yesterday: The Benefits of Criticism. Today: 5 Ways to Handle Criticism Wednesday: 5 Ways to Give Good Critiques Thursday: Criticism -- It's Not an Editor's Job Friday: The … [Continue reading]
The Benefits of Criticism
This week -- Monday through Friday -- I'm talking about criticism. Today: The Benefits of Criticism. Tuesday: 5 Ways to Handle Criticism Wednesday: 5 Ways to Give Good Critiques Thursday: Criticism -- It's Not an Editor's Job Friday: The … [Continue reading]
Weekly Roundup (10/04/09 – 10/10/09)
The week's favorite links. Blog Finds I know people who loathe Twitter. They say it's annoying; they say they just don't get it. I think many of these people view it as a quicker replacement for Facebook and shy away. For me, Facebook is … [Continue reading]
The Juggling Writer – One Month In…
I'm one month in to The Juggling Writer. My goal was to have 12-15 posts (posting roughly 3 times a week). I wrote 22 posts (including this one), totaling 8,976 words (408-word average per post). Next week I plan to post a daily series about … [Continue reading]
Cut It Out: Eliminate These 5 Things for More Writing Time
It's been over a year since the day my wife and I were watching TV and it went out. It made a little clicking noise, and then it went black. Kaput! The TV had died. There was a moment of panic: "What will we do?! Civilization will crumble … [Continue reading]
5 Ways to Deal with Writer’s Block
You sit down to write and the words don't flow. You get frustrated and maybe check e-mail. You pace; you might even do some cleaning or watch TV. You tell yourself that you'll get back to writing after your writer's block goes away. Hours, days, … [Continue reading]
The Business of English
The American Scholar has a great article about the decline of English studies in colleges in its autumn issue. The article shows that while there's been a decline in people studying English [and other liberal arts classes], there has been a … [Continue reading]