A follow-up to yesterday’s post about techniques for focusing on the craft:

I can share two techniques I have employed, that have brought me moderate success.  The first is to outline.  I recently started using a word processing program, Scrivener, intended for creative writing.  It’s a fantastic program that integrates outlining (on [...]

Last night I sat down and pounded out 2,500 words in about an hour.  It was easy and organic, the words flowing through me from the scenes in my mind onto the electronic page.  Why?  Because I was in the mood.

I’ve been going through a very difficult emotional time in the [...]

I have a lot of people to thank for a rousing discussion of Friday’s post on self-publishing and print-on-demand.  This blog is normally quite starved for comments and the debate was just the boost my fragile little ego desired.  I liked it so much, in fact, I am going to give another plug to the [...]