Getting Lucky

I’ve always been a firm believer in the “We make our own luck” approach to life, and to writing in general.  Likewise, I believe in skill over talent, and that the most important part of making it as a writer is to work your backside off to learn and improve.
And then I read this post […]

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The Dreaded Synopsis

No matter how many times I sit down to write synopses, I always end up screaming: “If I could distill the story into clever sound bytes, I’d be an advertising mogul, not a novelist!”
At least the project on my hardrive is for a novel yet to be written. 
I find it slightly easier to imagine the main […]

Not Writing

I’m following the theme from the last two days.  Like Diana, I try to write every day because if I take a break, it’s difficult for me to get back in the flow.  My best productivity comes when I am working steadily, at a steady pace, moving forward day by day.  But like Simon, I […]

Write in spurts

Ask a handful of writers what works for them and you’ll get a handful of different answers. SFNovelist Diana Pharaoh Francis just posted about writing every day, and here I am to tell you that I’ve never done any such thing.
When I’m working on a novel and facing a deadline you can bet your boots […]

Write Every Day

One of the pieces of advice that writers often give is to write every day. I gave that very piece of advice only a week or two ago and the response was a sort of nod that said, yeah, heard that one before, what else have you got? Actually, the context was more like this–I […]

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