What does it mean for a writer to fail? It could mean several things. It might mean a simple failure to communicate. The words become garbled, or overly-complicated, and the reader fails to understand, or worse, receives a completely different message than the
Doing It For The Money
It’s an age-old debate, and an old joke. The term “starving artist” is part of our vernacular. But lest we forget that some enter the arts to make money, and are often disappointed, I stumbled across this tweet today: WRITING
The Internet Is Getting Smaller
For those who care about such things, the style guide at the New York Times (and other media outlets) is about to change their prescription for how the word “internet” is spelled. The word is no longer to be capitalized,
Where Do These Characters Come From?
I really have no idea. As I said yesterday, as you edit you will come across sections of the book you don’t even remember writing. The most striking thing about this is that the characters are saying and doing things
Editing for EPUB
A couple of things occur to me as I edit my first draft. First, the advice to avoid editing as you go seems all the more pertinent. I’m surprised how often I come to a section that I have no