I know this is old and I know this might not even been seen now, but I want everyone to know that there is irony in this. My father, Barry Deaton, never made it anywhere in life without his parents paying for it. His club memberships came f…
I’m Gia, and I’m barely 13. I scored an 83%, which is more than I was expecting, actually! I’m really new to writing, and the last thing I wrote was a 5 page story when I was 6. This quiz inspired me to start writing again! I have this idea…
The first draft of your novel is finished. Now, according to the recommendations of any number of writing books, pundits, and writers who go through this themselves, you’re in for five or ten or more rounds of revision, in which you’ll poli…
From the perspective of feeding the soul, we writers already know we stand upon solid ground. When we write, we do our own souls good (or at bare minimum, placate our raging ids.) By providing what we have written for others to read, we ent…
There is no way to soften the blow of this and Mom never liked euphemisms, so I’m just going to speak plainly. Mom died due to complications from cancer on the 27th of August. Yes, this was the cancer that she’d originally had that had gone…
There is no way to soften the blow of this and Mom never liked euphemisms, so I’m just going to speak plainly. Mom died due to complications from cancer on the 27th of August. Yes, this was the cancer that she’d originally had that had gone…
There is no way to soften the blow of this and Mom never liked euphemisms, so I’m just going to speak plainly. Mom died due to complications from cancer on the 27th of August. Yes, this was the cancer that she’d originally had that had gone…
I’ve been writing with intent to publish since January 1st, 1985 when my New Year’s resolution was to write a novel before I turned twenty-five (ten months later, more or less). I hit my resolution with a few days to spare, but the book, He…
Just small news here. The new class is finished in first draft, and I’m now (and for the first time ever) doing the complete course bug-hunt and clean-up BEFORE I put the course on sale. Yes, it will take longer. But it will also guarantee
Just small news here. The new class is finished in first draft, and I’m now (and for the first time ever) doing the complete course bug-hunt and clean-up BEFORE I put the course on sale. Yes, it will take longer. But it will also guarantee
Just small news here. The new class is finished in first draft, and I’m now (and for the first time ever) doing the complete course bug-hunt and clean-up BEFORE I put the course on sale. Yes, it will take longer. But it will also guarantee
Just small news here. The new class is finished in first draft, and I’m now (and for the first time ever) doing the complete course bug-hunt and clean-up BEFORE I put the course on sale. Yes, it will take longer. But it will also guarantee