Yuletide Imagination: Crafting Holiday Short Stories While this is posting in the new year, I just had to bring it up. Christmas short stories need to be written with the holiday spirit still nestled in your heart and mind. And while you didn’t have time to do it in December, maybe the early months of […]
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Traditional vs Indie Publishing: Pros and Cons Both traditional publishing and indie publishing (self-publishing) have their own sets of advantages and challenges. As a writer, you need to explore both to find the publishing method you need to follow. For me, the turnaround time, and the earnings of traditional publishing are detriments to my writing
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In Praise of Brevity: A Journey into Novella and Short Story Publishing In this literary haven where brevity meets brilliance, the power of being concise takes center stage in storytelling. This blog takes a journey into the world of publishing novellas and short stories—an often-overlooked realm brimming with storytelling potential. Whether you’re a seasoned writer
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SFF Writing Resolutions for the Future: 3-Year and 5-Year This blog is not about New Year resolutions, but since 2024 has come swooping into view, let’s talk about long-term writing goals and how they relate to New Year resolutions. These goals would still follow the resolution rules. Check out my blog Charting the Unknown: SFF
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2024 Beyond SFF Writing Goals: How to Ensure Success Well, if you were looking for actual writing goals, see my other blog Charting the Unknown: SFF Writing Adventures and 2024 Ambitions. This article is about how to achieve said goals that you’ve already elected to pursue. Some folks say to make your goals specific, measurable,
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Charting the Unknown: SFF Writing Adventures and 2024 Ambitions How do I pick between so many writing goals for the new year? Daily word count? Weekly word count? Query letter? Finishing X amount of my novel? Writing longer chapters, 2000 word count (wc) or 3000 each? How many novellas should I write? I write in
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Year-End Review of 2023 Throughout 2023 I tracked and logged my progress in three areas: Writing, Exercise, and Work. I am primarily following James Clear, author of Atomic Habits, the process of answering 3 questions. What went well? What didn’t go so well? What am I working toward? This is my 2nd self-review, see my
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Books I’ve Read This Year 2023 Throughout 2023 I requested Goodreads.com to track my reading of my Kindle and Audible.com to track my audible reads. I’m pretty sure I managed to get 20 NEW books read this year. But I’ll find out in a minute when I start listing them down. I know I bought
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Journey to Writerly Excellence: Areas to Strengthen Have you ever wondered what sets authors like J.K. Rowling, Stephen King, J.R.R. Tolkien, and George R.R. Martin apart, making their literary works iconic and unforgettable? These names have become synonymous with literary excellence, but was it all just a matter of chance? As you delve into the
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Ink and Inner Balance of Creative Fires: Fanning Flames of Imagination with Self-Care It’s almost PrepTober my fellow writers. Wowza! For those who are participating in Nanowrimo this is the prepping month, only a measly 31 days, of October. It is the strategy month before you write, write, write, and write some more. To paraphrase
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