Writing fiction, specifically
So in my post “I just don’t have the time” I had given this simple instruction as part of the many things you can do to manage your time better: make a schedule. But writing down what you plan to do in a day planner and actually doing those things are a world apart. Over… Read More Efficient scheduling
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?
Let me start by apologizing for the belatedness of this special request. This was originally a guest post due to be posted on a blog which closed its doors after having requested and received this post, and I didn’t find out about it until now. But here it is! At the time of writing this post, I had… Read More Cross-Genre Fiction
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
So it’s been a while since I posted – either here or on Ice Cream for Zombies – but I have this compulsion to do NaNoWriMo every single year, because it’s fun, and the community is great, and it forces me to complete at least two first drafts a year. This year, though, it was like pulling teeth. With… Read More NaNoWriMo hangover
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 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
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
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 write to icecreamforzombies@gmail.com . This post is a follow-up to last week’s World Building post. Last week, I explained how you could build a world from scratch… Read More Creatures and cultures
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