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Write like a bitch
(Re-posted with permission from J.L. Murray) Someone once told me I wrote like a man. Or, his exact words, “You write like a dude. Like Hemingway or some shit.” Obviously I didn’t take this guy seriously. But for some reason this sprang to mind not too long ago. I came upon one of those sites where you paste an excerpt and… (more…)
Oh, My Hand
Dear reader, At brainpickings.org I stumbled over a collection of wonderful scribbles of monks, scribes and copyists who, in ancient times, sat bent over their large tomes of paper, patiently (more or less) copying large manuscripts. These scribbles were found in the margins of the large works they wrote, and there are some truly marvellous ones among them. ~ New parchment,… (more…)
Writer’s Café Pinboard
I love the Writer’s Café pinboard. For several days already I was walking around, sitting around and dreaming around, trying to get the 9th Hilda story moving towards its end. Things are becoming complicated now, with many subplots, characters and locations, 3 fairy tales being mixed into it, bread and beer, and a handful of witches and Gods and Goddesses… (more…)
Why Writers Should Never Be Discouraged
Dear reader, Via Lili Tufel, successful writer of the bestseller Sand, I came upon an article written by Vicky Hinze, which I would like to share with you: Why Writers Should Never Be Discouraged by Vicki Hinze Being a writer is hard work. Name another profession where you have no idea who you work for beyond right now, how much you’ll be… (more…)
Writing update
I am going to focus on finishing the children’s story now. 1 more chapter, I think. It’s on 34000 words now, and the 20th chapter just started. Don’t want to make this book too long, as it’s for children, and also the first one. I’m testing the waters, so to speak. Sorry, Hilda fans, you’ll have to wait.
10 writing rules to break
Dear reader, IO9, a wonderful site (in my humble opinion) on all things scifi and fantasy, has unleashed a list of 10 rules they would like writers of science fiction and fantasy to break more often. No third-person omniscient No prologues Avoid infodumps Fantasy novels have to be series instead of standalones No portal fantasy (= gateways between worlds) No… (more…)
Punctuation
Oh yes, I may already hear you think “what is this?”, dear reader. But not to worry, I shall try to keep this as entertaining as possible. In how many ways can punctuation be abused? Many and more, I am convinced. The over-use or total lack of periods and commas is something I don’t really appreciate. And I assume that… (more…)
“I don’t know how to start.”
This is what I read on a forum I occasionaly visit, dear reader. Same problem as always… I have no idea how to start. I think the fact that I’ve been trying to write on my idea – on and off – for the past 11 years doesn’t help the situation very much… … and I’m developing a cold. All… (more…)
Why writers write, why readers read, and why others don’t?
These past few months after I created my Facebook Page, I met a lot of wonderful people around the world by just facing my computer screen. It is not a secret how technology changed the lives of the modern people, meaning us. From tapes, to CDs – we are now able to buy download songs online. From boutiques, to department… (more…)
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