How many times have you heard authors advise you shouldn’t go back and edit while writing your first draft? For decades, I believed this was optional advice – Advice to help writers push forward if they were having trouble making progress. I figured it was just another piece of well-meant advice for writers to getContinue reading “Often Misunderstood Writing Advice: “Resist the urge to edit your first draft.””
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Amateur Author vs. Shovelware: What I’d like to see most in a writer mentoring service
Recently, a professional author asked me what I’d like to see from a writer mentoring service, and it got me thinking about what I’d hoped to find in online writing circles in the first place. Maybe I shouldn’t have come into it with expectations. I’d hoped to find communities that love the craft of writingContinue reading “Amateur Author vs. Shovelware: What I’d like to see most in a writer mentoring service”
Indies Have Been Given a Fighting Chance
Look around the mainstream entertainment landscape. Seen any artists lately? I mean real artists. There’s a few still around here and there, but for the most part, the industries have failed us. They tend to hire the worst talent for the best jobs possible, and then let them continuously fail upwards. I don’t know aboutContinue reading “Indies Have Been Given a Fighting Chance”