You know that point when you're eyeball deep in a beta read, and it's obvious from the type of advice the other person is giving you that they haven't read many books in your genre? Yet the beta reader pretends to know exactly what they are talking about? I've had a several of those. The … Continue reading Beta Blues (#?)
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#1 Rule of Writing
Google "rules of writing," and see what you get. You'll get hundreds of recycled and conflicting bullet-points of advice like "don't use adverbs," or "don't use any other dialog tag but said," or "don't use the dialog tag said." Truth: traditionally published books use adverbs, the dialog tag said, the passive voice, and wonky dialog … Continue reading #1 Rule of Writing
The Life of a Writer is full of Stress, Tears, and Booze
Pitch Wars opens this next Monday (the 27th) - or the submissions open. I've narrowed my list of mentors to four (STRESSFUL). I had a list, but then the mentors posted wish lists and talked more about what they would like to see, and I re-did my list. And I'm beyond stressed about it - … Continue reading The Life of a Writer is full of Stress, Tears, and Booze
Beatrice B. Morgan 