Building a consistent writing habit can transform your craft, boost confidence, and make facing the blank page far less intimidating. By setting realistic, flexible goals and incorporating creative activities like reading, word puzzles, and writing exercises, you can foster growth and maintain momentum, even on your busiest days.
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Elements of Fear: Crafting Scary Horror Stories
There are three tools that every horror writer needs to get very familiar with.
On the Other Side
For the past two months I’ve had the opportunity to serve as one of two anthology coordinators for the 2024 edition of the Ohio Writers’ Association anthology. I was hesitant to take it on because I don’t have much experience but the theme, Should This Book be Banned?, was one that I felt passionate about.…… Continue reading On the Other Side
AITA? Being a Constructive Member of a Writer’s Group
A ritual I’ve adopted since reigniting my writing journey is attending a monthly peer critique workshop for writers to give and receive feedback on each other’s work. Roughly two weeks before our meeting interested participants are encouraged to send in a piece of work for everyone else’s review and when we show up we share…… Continue reading AITA? Being a Constructive Member of a Writer’s Group
The Importance of Getting It
It’s not an accident that I gravitated toward a life dream that’s often associated with solitude. Certainly not a coincidence that 95% of the work of writing can be done alone in an office. And if I’m honest with myself I do try to keep it that way, preferring the click clack of my keyboard…… Continue reading The Importance of Getting It
The Hunt for Validation
I was recently on a Zoom call discussing edits and suggestions for one of my stories. I was explaining to my friend that the number of rejection letters I’d received lately was feeling like a lot and was the reason I hadn’t done more writing. Let me be frank – I don’t like talking about…… Continue reading The Hunt for Validation
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