Let's face it, if you're a writer you are going to run into rejection. Even the very best writers have incurred some form of rejection in their career. It can happen when peers critique your work, when manuscripts rejected by agents and publisher or when readers leave a bad review or comment. Rejection hurts. It's … Continue reading Writers Need To Be Able to Deal With Rejection
10 Tips for Writing Intoxicated
All over the Internet Ernest Hemingway is attributed to have said , “Write drunk, edit sober.” That quote may not be his and maybe he never wrote drunk. Some say it's bad advice. But if you are a writer and inclined to imbibe while writing, I've developed some tips that will help you along. … Continue reading 10 Tips for Writing Intoxicated
What You Need To Do To Self-Publish
At some point last year, it became obvious to me that I wasn't going to find a literary agent to represent my first novel THE ROAD AHEAD. When I began writing, I swore that I would never self-publish. As reality set in, I accepted that I had only two options, set aside the manuscript or … Continue reading What You Need To Do To Self-Publish
I Don’t Participate in NaNoWriMo and Here’s Why
Every November, the online writing community is worked up into a frenzy about National Novel Writing Month also known as NaNoWriMo. In the weeks leading up to November, writers are frantically preparing an outline their new piece of work only breaking to tweet about their progress. For those not familiar with NaNoWriMo, it began in … Continue reading I Don’t Participate in NaNoWriMo and Here’s Why
Manuscript Update
I have done an update in some time. My personal life has been quite hectic these past six weeks, which has provided me with little time for my writing. But things have slowed down enough over the past two weeks to allow me to get back to my poor neglected manuscript. No matter what goes … Continue reading Manuscript Update
Who’s That Indie Author? Willie Handler
I was recently interviewed by the wonderful Barb Vitelli.
Preview of My Next Book
A Dummies Guide to Running for President Qualifications: There aren’t a lot of qualifications to becoming President of the United States. It’s not like you are applying for something like CEO of Apple or Amazon. You have to make sure you are at least 35 years old and a natural born United States citizen. You … Continue reading Preview of My Next Book
How to Write a Book
I’m sharing this post by my critique partner Karen because much of it reflects my own experience – the writing process, building confidence, the Twitter writing community.
I have discovered the best tip for writing a book. The only tip you will ever need to write an awesome novel. You may ask yourself, just one? Yep, just one. Ready? Here it comes:
Write it.
Crazy, right? It’s way harder than it sounds. It’s going to take a lot of time and effort and creative energy and rewrites and rejection and edits and rewrites and joy and frustration and… did I mention rewrites? Sometimes you’ll wonder what you’re doing. You’ll feel like a hack. Like an amateur. But the only way to get better is to keep practicing.
I wrote the story that came to me knowing very little about how to pen a novel, and for many years, I kept my writing to myself. I made a ton of mistakes (revealing a major plot point in the first act IN A FLASHBACK? Girl…) I did entire overhauls…
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Book Review: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
What would happen of dogs acquired the power of human thought? That is premise of André Alexis’s 2015 novel, Fifteen Dogs. A couple of Greek gods, Apollo and Hermes, are out on the town in Toronto when they decide to have a wager. Apollo bets that any group of animals given human consciousness would be even … Continue reading Book Review: Fifteen Dogs by André Alexis
WOTS Felt Different This Year
The Word On The Street is a free outdoor festival, held in several Canadian cities including Toronto, that celebrates the written word and champions literacy. The Word On The Street was first held in Toronto in 1990. Until 2003, the festival was on a section of Queen Street West in downtown Toronto. In 2004, the festival moved … Continue reading WOTS Felt Different This Year
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