Originally posted on Creative Writing with the Crimson League:
Everyone, please welcome guest blogger and fellow author Katie Cross to crimsonleague.com today, to talk about her experiences with creative writing, characters, and novels. A bit of background for this post: as you know, my writer’s handbook, “Writing for You: A…
Writing for You: The Writer’s Handbook. Exciting news from The Crimson League (aka Victoria Grefer)!
Originally posted on …and then there was Sarah:
Writing a series is not as simple as just writing several books in a row. Nor is it as easy as taking one long story and breaking it into several parts. There are a lot of nuances to writing a series that…
I recently created a profile on Facebook, at first to follow the lives of the younger members of my families. But I’ve since gone Facebook crazy with adding apps, including trying to add my blog posts. Although this old gal has a bit of a learning curve with Facebook, it […]
Sunday’s NY Times Book Review section has a great essay by Terrence Rafferty called Shelley’s Daughters. Rafferty remarks on the irony that the “mother” of the horror novel gave birth to more sons than daughters, e.g., Poe, King, Lovecraft. And the few daughters she may claim did not always write […]
JA Konrath, author of the Lt. Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels thriller series, has a great blog at A Newbie’s Guide to Publishing. In particular, check out his “Brain Check” post. JA provides a list of instructions for writers trying to persevere in this information-laden and book-heavy age: 1. Study the situation. […]
Karen Zara, guest blogger at the Writer’s Resource Center, has a lively post on why deadlines may be almost as good as money to spur your writing. Yes, indeed, she makes a compelling argument for how deadlines can determine whether and what you write, and, of course, that (ideally) translates […]
Morgan O’Donnell, guest blogger at the Writer’s Resource Center, offers some great ideas for making your writing environment sustainable. She uses the classic science fiction novel–Dune–to support her insightful ideas. My favorite: “All good writers recycle.” To see what I mean, read her full post by clicking here.
Guest blogger at the Writer’s Resource Center, Cesar Torres, argues that writers can (and should) have lives. He presents five ways to “get your life back.” They involve the usual (but critical) “using time effectively” to intriguing suggestions of being “present with people.” To learn more, click here to read […]
Sebastian Keller, guest blogger at the Writer’s Resource Center, has a stimulating post on using art to inspire one’s writing. To keep inspiration alive, we must challenge the rules of our craft, which Sebastian admits is a lot easier for a newbie to do. He encourages writers to “develop that […]
