I’ve been trying to Fast Draft for the first two weeks of August, but it hasn’t worked so well for me. First, let me explain what Fast Drafting is. Basically, it’s focusing on getting 20 pages written a day by not allowing yourself to look back, edit, tweak or flesh …
Genreality is my baby, I admit it. It’s a group blog that I started because I wanted more realist information about the publishing industry and since I was looking for that sort of thing, I had to believe others were too. It’s been slow building a following, and many of …
I’m taking a self-editing workshop. Not only do I need the grammar help, but I like to learn. Anyways, one of the notes in the class is about reading your work aloud, which I’ve heard many times before, and have even done. But this time it was mentioned that computers …
This weekend is not my weekend for relaxing. It started this morning with finding out I mixed up the deadline on the domain registration for Genreality from the 6th to the 9th, and the site was down. I got on it right away and it was fixed within 15 minutes, …
Today I’m wondering whats the better career move-write tons and hope to hook enough readers that I’ll someday be a “name”…or focus on one track to success, and rock that track like no one else. What’s brought this on? I’m surfing author websites and seeing how so many of them …
What is it about songs that tell you to go hard, go far, go for it, go all the way that I love so much? Sure, they’re party anthems, but for me they also make me super motivated to work hard, be it in the gym, or at the keyboard. …
OMG, It’s Monday. Finally. I’m thinking life can get back to normal now. Or at least what passes as normal for me. I love the holiday season, but it can sure fuck with my head. I did a Reading Pleasures post at Genreality the other day, and thats about the …