That is a question I get constantly, from nearly everyone I know. I have a family (a toddler, another baby on the way, and two dogs), I run a small business at home, I blog, I do freelance design and illustration (and a bit of technical writing from time to time), I work full time,… Read More How do you find the time?
What does writing well really mean? I was asked today whether it was better, for a writer, to have great imagination when it comes to storytelling and very poor grammar/writing skills, or if it was better to have perfect writing skills and no imagination, and whether publishers looked past the writing skills to the… Read More Art and technique
I wrote a guest post on Lizzie’s Dark Fiction which you should check out! It’s about family, which is an important theme in my recent release, Blood Relations, but it’s also about how we talk about things that are private and important to us , and how much of our own personal lives we put… Read More Family by Choice
This post is a special request. To make a special request, please visit our Facebook page and post on the wall, or leave us a message. You can also send an email to icecreamforzombies@gmail.com . I was asked to share my opinion on the MacGuffin (also known as McGuffin or maguffin), and what drives the… Read More The carrot and the stick
This post is a special request. To make a special request, please visit our Facebook page, and post on the wall or send a message. You can also contact us via email at icecreamforzombies@gmail.com . This post will conclude the series of posts on publishing. I am sorry if it is late! As you may… Read More Publishing part 5 of 5: The non-fiction book proposal
This post is a special request. To make a special request, please visit our Facebook page and post on the wall, or send us a message. You may also send an email to icecreamforzombies@gmail.com . Having discussed at length the process of traditional publishing, we now move on to how you can make a good… Read More Publishing part 4 of 5: Making a living writing, promotion, and self-publishing
This post is a special request. To make a special request, visit our Facebook page and post on the wall, or send a private message. You can also send an email to icecreamforzombies@gmail.com . So, now you’ve prepared your manuscript, researched your publishers, and sent it off… now what? A lot of people might think… Read More Publishing, part 3 of 5: Rejections, waiting, and contracts
This post is a special request. To make a special request, visit our Facebook page and post on the wall or send a message. You can also make special requests by writing to icecreamforzombies@gmail.com . After researching and carefully selecting the publisher (or agent) to whom you are submitting your book, you must now prepare… Read More Publishing part 2 of 5: Submissions
This post is a special request. To make a special request, visit our Facebook page and post on the wall or send a message. You can also make special requests by writing to icecreamforzombies@gmail.com . Every writer shares the same dream: to get published, sell millions of copies, have our stories captivate the mind of… Read More Publishing, Part 1 of 5: The Basics
Writing what matters This post is a special request. To make a request, please visit the Facebook page and post on the wall, or send us a message. You may also write to icecreamforzombies@gmail.com . If you write, you’ve doubtless heard the old adage “write what you know”. It is one of the most solid… Read More Private parts
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