What Do You Want To Write In Your Lifetime? Reflections on Mortality.
As writers, we are called to think and write about the deeper things. Writing about death is possibly one of…
Mindmapping Your Novel Can Help With Writing Scenes
Writing the first draft of a novel involves a lot of idea generation and writing the bare bones of the…
Author Blog: A Great Example From Paulo Coelho
Are you convinced that you need to have an author blog yet? A few weeks ago, Simon & Schuster urged…
Emotion and the Writer – A Double-Edged Sword
This guest post is contributed by Anna Miller, who writes on the topic of online degrees . Writing is one…
Podcast: Creating iPhone Apps For Your Books With Tom Evans, The BookWright
This podcast is for authors and writers considering iPhone apps as a way to make sales and promote themselves. Making…
On Writing and Creativity: Lessons Learned By My 35th Birthday
It's my 35th birthday today and so here is a personal post about my lessons learned. 35 seems to be…
7 Reasons Why Writers Need To Start Using Video For Book Promotion
A few weeks ago Simon & Schuster told authors they should blog, social network ... and use video sites. You…
Writing As An Emerging Sculpture: Inspiration From Michelangelo’s Slaves
Some days the first draft of a book feels like hacking away at a huge block of stone, just hoping…
Podcast: Writing Supernatural Themes and Fight Scenes With Dark Fantasy Author Alan Baxter
This fantastic podcast roams over some interesting topics so I hope you enjoy it! Warning: There is some questionable language…
Writing For High Stakes: Lessons Learnt From Dr Who
I have been reading Donald Maass 'Writing the Breakout Novel' and there is a whole chapter on raising the stakes…