Aug 28, 2019
I went to WorldCon Dublin not sure what to expect. Four days later, I knew that making the trip was the best decision of my writing career. Was it really that good? Yes. So I’m writing this piece to share with you the lessons, observations, and takeaways I found most...
Jun 13, 2019
One of the main challenges of being an editor is helping writers grow into better versions of themselves. Not the kind of writers you’d like them to be (more like yourself, obviously), but more like the writers they have the potential to become. To help people grow...
Jun 26, 2019
One of the main challenges of being an editor is helping writers grow into better versions of themselves. Not the kind of writers you’d like them to be (more like yourself, obviously), but more like the writers they have the potential to become. To help people grow...
Mar 27, 2019
Everyone who writes wants to write well. And yet bad prose gets written all the time. Errors creep into our writing during the artistic fervor of getting ideas out on the page. Making sure these ideas read well come much later in the process. Today I’ll share one of...
Mar 13, 2019
Listen to this post https://www.sebastianhetman.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/12-Hundred-Ideas.mp3 Writers have ideas all the time. Every now and again a writer comes across an idea so persistent, it demands to be written down. He then spends hundreds of hours...
Mar 11, 2019
While great tools won’t make you a great writer, they can help you grow and learn if used right. Here’s what I use. (Oh, and a disclaimer: none of the links are affiliated. I’m not trying to sell you anything.) Fancy Tools Google Ngram Viewer – Searches Google’s...
