Writing Music
Some music to create the Great American Novel by. Or, you know, whatever it is you need to write. Back in October, I brought you a link to soundtracks for your books, but this week, it’s music that will hopefully … Continued
Generate Story Ideas
Are you stuck for ideas? It may be a little late for those people attempting NaNoWriMo this month, but it’s never too late for the rest of us to come up with some great story ideas. IO9 gave these as … Continued
Over Wrought
How much time do you suppose Henry Darger spent world-building before he started writing? I read a post on someone else’s blog recently titled Forget Self-Improvement. It was interesting, in that it suggested that the reason we don’t do things, … Continued
10 Free E-Books for Photographers
Free is good! If you’re like me, you spend virtually all your spare money on photography gear. Or art supplies. Or whatever it is that you need to churn out your particular flavor of creative “stuff”. For me, and many … Continued
Excuses For Not Writing
I should be writing right now. But, I’m not. I’ve read an interview with Liam Neeson, tonight. And read a bit in a book called [amazon_link id=”0892816716″ target=”_blank” container=”” container_class=”” ]Christ the Yogi[/amazon_link], which I’ve been working my way through, … Continued
Character and Plot Worksheets
I’m a nut for forms. I think I should have been a Soviet bureaucrat sometimes. I really do love filling out things like character sheets for role-playing games. And, naturally, I think that having the right form might just help … Continued
Advice for Writers
Lavie Tidhar offers Advice for Writers. This advice appeared on Jeff Vandermeer’s blog, in the form of a guest post, but was so in tune with his writing voice, I thought he’d actually written it. Do yourself a favor, especially … Continued
Getting Started Exercises
I know every writer struggles with the blank page sooner or later. But, if, like me, the writer in question has been a way from the Work for a bit getting started again can be a little extra difficult. So, … Continued
Professional vs. Regular
What makes something “professional”? I refer to myself as an amateur photographer. I have a good, but more economically priced, digital SLR and I often use fully manual settings. I enjoy photography, but it’s probably not ever going to be … Continued
Just One Page
Blank pages frighten most writers, me included. I’ve often thought that one reason I took to blogging so well after “upgrading” my process from writing HTML pages in Notepad to using MoveableType was because the page wasn’t quite so blank … Continued