Q is for Quiet time
…quiet time. Put that pen down, take your fingers off the keyboard, and stop wondering why you were writing and typing at the same time. Take a break from writing to sit back and do bugger all. Don’t watch television…
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M is for Mumpsimus
Nope, not an unused character from the Harry Potter books, or a new Star Wars baddy in the upcoming trilogy…mumpsimus is actually when some cantankerous git decides they’re going to keep doing something the wrong way, even though some kind…
L is for La la la, I’m not listening!
LA LA LA LA!! I’m not listening. I can’t hear you! You can’t tell me what to do! LA LA LA! I can’t hear, but I bet I have an angelic singing voice. *removes hands* (from ears, not from wrists)…
U Jelly?
The other day I was checking out an author’s website, skim reading their biography and flicking through their published works. Some I recognised, some I stuck on my (TBBT)TBR* pile. And then I hit a line that tickled my little…
There is no future…
…seriously, think about it. “How can the past and future be, when the past no longer is, and the future is not yet? As for the present, if it were always present and never moved on to become the past,…
Turkey City Lexicon
Check out this great article, lots of info you may have already seen but in one convenient place: Turkey City Lexicon – A Primer for SF Workshops 99% of the info applies to all genres of writing. The article isn’t…
REVIEW: The Survivalist Blog dot Net
Ever been in a blackout and had to hunt high and low for a candle and some matches? Or realised you have no food in but it’s a holiday and all the shops are shut? It’s a worrying moment verging…
Z is for Zanyism
Awooooga…barmy about backspacing, crazy for characters, dotty about dialogue, eccentric epigraphically, foolish with footnotes, goofy with grammar, habromanic about hyperbole, insane about italics, jargon-juiced, kookily knocking words out, loony for line spacing, manic about manuscripts, noggins full of names, obsessed…
Y is for Your own worst enemy
I’ve said it before during this year’s A-Z and I’ll say it again…you are your own worst enemy. You procrastinate, doubt yourself, and forget to write good storylines down. You hesitate and distrust yourself to the point of thinking you…