Here are some jokes that (maybe) only a writer will find humorous: Writing is 10% typing and 90% staring at your computer trying to find a better way to describe someone eating a piece of toast. When I die and y’all go through my search history, you’ll be disappointed to find mostly just definitions for…
I’ve been reading a great little “How-To” book on writing recently. The subtitle is “Moments in My Writing Life After Which Everything Was Different,” and that’s pretty much what the book is – a memoir of the author’s epiphany moments. There are chapters titled “Textures,” “Tensions,” and “Troubleshooting,” interspersed with “Postcards from the Tour” chapters…
I’ve decided to title the chapters with some of Tell’s song lyrics. Of course, this means I now have to write said lyrics … Here’s a sample of the inner workings of my favorite half-velyr: Do you see me? Do you know me? Am I just a backdrop scene? My Melancholy Around and around and…
So I tried this writing analysis website recently – I might have found why my science fiction isn’t “grabbing” the editors … I write likeAgatha ChristieAbout Agatha Christie | Analyze your text I mean, I adore Dame Agatha — who doesn’t like a good whodunnit? But shouldn’t I be writing like Isaac Asimov or Robert…