“Show, don’t tell” has been drilled into our heads Ad nauseam. Is the writing at its best, regardless of “show vs. tell”? Does it flow, or am I forcing it for the sake of a “rule”?
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Summer is here! Take a deep breath and fill your thoughts with innovative ideas. Intoxicated by new concepts you are ready to fly. Guesstimated wrong; perhaps your ideas are not flowing. It is quite common to fall into a rut, frustrating, but common. It is recommended that you go back to basics and re-examine your ideas.
Read more →Of late, there’s been the misconception amongst readers that an author’s work should be free (or at least cheaper than a cup of coffee). Imagine if the same theory applied to everyone? You slave all day long at your workplace, only to have your employer tell you that you should be happy simply doing the work and that you won’t be paid for it. How would you feel?
Read more →Between a writer and a reader, there is a symbiotic relation. If one is missing, the other can’t exist. Reviewing books.
Read more →It was a dark and stormy night… but where do you put this opening line? in the prologue? Do you want to start at Chapter 1? Recently, I came across a debate on social media regarding the merits of including a prologue in a work of fiction.
Read more →What the heck is “Impostor Syndrome”? I had no clue so trusty Google filled me in. It is: A psychological pattern in which an individual doubts their accomplishments and has a persistent internalized fear of being exposed as a “fraud”. I can’t fathom why an Author would
Read more →To an Author – a review is a sort of payment for the hours spent bleeding at a keyboard. (It really is that important.) As a reader, I look at the reviews first. Most of us do. I want to know that others were gripped by a story or, conversely, thought it was a waste of time.
Read more →It’s been three decades since that fateful day in class when you had me read my short story out loud. Didn’t you know how scared I was? How shy I was? Did you see my trembling hands as I held the loose leaf paper before me, straining to keep my voice calm?
Read more →The question all Authors ask themselves, is: “Am I good enough?” Here’s my take on that question, because you can be sure that I’ve asked it to myself.
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