Mar 4, 2020
It’s that it does exactly what it says. Think about it. Google Translate translates a piece of text regardless of whether it knows how to do it or not. It doesn’t suffer from the translator’s block; it doesn’t pause to wonder about what will people think if it...
Mar 2, 2020
I get up at 6 AM, write for two hours, go jogging, take a shower, write some more. After 10 AM, I switch to taking care of my business and working with my clients until around 6 PM. I sometimes work on the weekends, but I never let my work intrude on the time I spend...
Feb 26, 2020
An amateur photographer finds a picture he likes every ten shots or so. A skilled photographer may sift through a hundred pictures before they find a great shot. And a master photographer might go through a thousand in search of that one, near-perfect shot. Writers...
Feb 18, 2020
When it comes to such high-minded aspirations as becoming a writer, a painter, a performer, people rarely stop to ask themselves this simple question: “What’s in it for me?” It sounds like something you’d hear from a small-time crook, or maybe a dodgy antique dealer,...
Feb 17, 2020
Today’s guest post comes from my good friend, Nils Ödlund. The worst thing I know is when an author is wrong about how their characters look. No, you read that right. I'm a visual reader, and when I read a description, it creates a picture in my mind. It goes for...
Feb 13, 2020
Today’s question (and the source material) comes from Sharmila. Dialogue. Everyone talks about how to make it interesting, but give examples. Lots of them. Okay, so not the easiest of questions. Whole books have been written in an attempt to answer it. But it’s...
