mechanics of writing

Turkey City Lexicon

A fantastic and fun reference article for common problems. (One of my faves is the Tom Swifty!) http://www.sfwa.org/2009/06/turkey-city-lexicon-a-primer-for-sf-workshops/

iOS 10: Grammar Police Enablers

Great. Now everyone is going to think they’re qualified to edit. :p Please folks, leave personal social media…

The Storyboard

I was fortunate enough to see a few panels at Comic-Con with Patrick Rothfuss (also providing me the…

Best Editing Post Eva!

via  Janet Reid, Literary Agent: Editing symbols! UPDATED!  

The Emotion Thesaurus

I was introduced to a new tool today on AW. So good I had to share. The Bookshelf…

Donald Maass Literary Agency

Donald Maass Literary Agency. OMG. I love these prompts. You have to read them. And then you have…

The confusion of setting

One thing I see happening a lot is micromanaging. You may think that this would be a good…

Where does a new writer go to learn?

So you don’t have the money for an MFA, and you probably don’t want one anyway, nor can…

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