The biggest cause of misery for writers who have not succeeded (and one of the biggest causes of writers giving up in despair and quitting altogether) is this: Most writers think they have set goals when in fact they have embraced expectations. Goals are NOTHING like expectations. The former will get you where you want […]
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In my editing travels, I come across some issues more than others. Below is a list of the more common things I need to address, in no particular order. Adverbs after commas. I don’t believe in many absolute grammar rules, but this is one of them. I’m talking about things like this: “I don’t know,” […]
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There will come a point in your career as a fiction writer when you, like many others, decide that the worldwide web is ready for your thoughts, imagery and stories. In planning this next step, you might have checked out other writers’ sites, and perhaps concluded that making a website doesn’t look that hard to […]
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I get some questions in my mailbox that just HAVE to go out to a wider audience than the person asking them, and this question from Shanice is a perfect example. She writes: Dear Holly, I am a beginning writer, who on the recommendation of a friend of mine, subscribed up to your “Holly’s Tip” […]
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Multi-published author and head moderator Cat Gerlach asked a bunch of writers on the forums what their toughest writings were. Here are their questions and her answers. Motivation “Will I Live Long Enough to Finish My Epic?” Will I live long enough to finish my Epic? … I seem to write in spasms, and only […]
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Down in the dark, sitting against the damp, mossy stone with one of us tending to the tiny fire, we huddle close and whisper. Bigger and more dangerous things than us rule this world, and while we have mastered fire, we have not mastered them. Hunters, we are still hunted. So those of us who […]
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