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Can You Be A Non-Fiction Pantser?
In the world of fiction writing, you’ll often encounter the terms “pantser” and “plotter.” have used them myself on this website before. To remind those who may not know, the former refers to someone who prefers to write without a plan or outline, just flying by “the seat of their pants,” hence the term. As …
Second Look: 14 Fantastic Frederick County Writing Spots
This is my most niche of all my books. So much so I debated not including it in this series on second looks at my work. But for completeness sake, I will talk about it a little. As the alliterative title suggests, this is a non-fiction short book about spots within my home of Frederick …
National Poetry (sometimes) Month
We are well into April, which is, as the title mentioned, National Poetry Month. (It is also National Autism Awareness Month, which was probably a coincidence, but I like to pretend the two are connected in some unseen, life-affirming way. That’s another post.) Poetry peaks and valleys over the course of my writer’s life in …
Lie Your Way to a First Draft
You’ve gotten to a point in your WIP’s first draft that requires a leap. A change. A 180. The correction of a plot hole, perhaps. The point is, somehow things have unfolded in a manner you were not expecting, and as a result you need to adapt the piece to this new trajectory. You can …
Is My Work Worth the Work?
Writing is work. So, of course, is marketing. I don’t limit the concept of marketing to agents and publishers and glossy magazine pitches. Marketing your work also includes the delicate balancing act between gaining an audience for a piece on your blog or other platforms and spamming the life out of social media by linking …
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