Time Management for Writers: Self Motivation
Self-motivation is one of the great time management tools available to writers, and one of the most pleasant to employ. If you’re geared up, it’s far […]
The Writing Life
Getting Better All the Time
An editor once told me that to become a better writer and storyteller I must read, read, read, and write, write, write! But, like most writers, […]
Top Ten Brill Reasons
Top Ten Reasons to visit Something Novel right now and support your sweatstained Pulp Literature team on Kickstarter. tinyurl.com/somethingnovel Reason #10 “Because I don’t want […]
Plotting Act 2, The Belly of the Beast
Update: Great start on our Kickstarter campaign yesterday. We made it to 50 backers and 15% funded on day 1! Thank you so much to […]
Taking the Next Step in a Writing Career
Goals get us up in the morning. Before we rise, before the business of the world we’ve created takes over our day, we can remember […]
Success, While You Wait
Sometimes it may seem as though success is a very slow mover. We know our book is good. We shop it here and there, without […]
Forging a Writing Future
If you go to work on your goals, your goals will go to work on you. If you go to work on your plan, your […]
How Walking Helps Writing
The New Yorker’s article Why Walking Helps Us Think sends a very clear message to writers. Walking helps our brains. We have never had much doubt movement helps our […]
Creating Writing Time
When we’re designing our ideal writing lives within our everyday lives, it’s well to tailor them to our own rhythms, but it’s also worth challenging […]
Dark of Night Thoughts
From time to time a buzzing mosquito of a thought comes to us, perhaps in the middle of the night: There are so many books […]