by Guest Author | Mar 24, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
My advice is a bit of an oxymoron; a writing tip that suggests you ignore the vast majority of writing tips.When me and my partner were expecting our first child, we did what most new parents do and bought a number of parenting manuals to try and help prepare us for...
by Stoney deGeyter | Feb 27, 2021 | All Posts, True Stories, Writing Tips
When I set out to write my first novel, all I had was an idea and the belief I could write the story. Whether I could write a good story, well, that remained (remains?) to be seen. Nonetheless, I took up the challenge. As I thought through my story idea, I realized it...
by Guest Author | Feb 3, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
I think of writing as a deep search for connections. I spend the next 80,000 words exploring the threads and revealing them to the reader. Sometimes, I let them piece some of it together. The threads lead me on. The story shows the colours. Out of an inky dark...
by Guest Author | Jan 27, 2021 | All Posts, Writing Tips
So, a few weeks back I was working on a blog post about defying the statistics attached to living with a rare disorder… then life slammed in, as it usually does.It started off simple enough, a small cold that I tend to come down with when the weather shifts from...
by Guest Author | Jan 20, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
The year 2020 was a year most like to forget. Last year was not all that different for me since I deal with suicidal and depressive modes on and off. And in recent years, I discovered I am autistic. Writing was on the back burner for me. The most I accomplished...
by Guest Author | Jan 13, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
Writing can be a lonely business. Obviously, it’s a task you have to do on your own, but is it really ALL by yourself? If you want to succeed and retain your sanity, there are several groups of people you need in your corner to make up your writing community:...
by Guest Author | Jan 6, 2021 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
There has been a true backlash of sorts in the past few decades against what are considered fantasy tropes. This counter-archetype revolution seems to have spawned the popularity of the “grim-dark” subgenre in fantasy fiction. It became quite vogue to write against...
by Guest Author | Dec 30, 2020 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
Like many authors, my writing started with a story that I just couldn’t get out of my mind unless I put it to paper. Walking my dog through a local park on a foggy evening, I began to wonder what might be hiding in the misty haze that blanketed the night. I...
by Guest Author | Dec 23, 2020 | All Posts, Guest Authors, Writing Tips
After you’ve written your first (or second or third) draft, it’s time to go through your manuscript and cut out any unneeded words cluttering it up. Wordiness muddles your message, slows momentum, and drags an anchor through the forward movement of your story. Any of...
by Stoney deGeyter | Dec 19, 2020 | All Posts, Writing Tips
After I completed the second draft of my first book, I knew it needed work. I wrote a story set in locations I had never been to. Or if I had, I had never really paid attention. If you know me even a little, you know I can be somewhat of a perfectionist. In my novel,...
