I have been struggling to write anything lately. This is due to two factors. First, I simply lack the time to do so. The first half of my current manuscript was hammered out in a relatively short time while I was unemployed and looking for work. I had loads of spare...
I’ve inherited a Kindle. At first I didn’t get into it, as I really prefer a book in my hands, but there is a huge advantage to it: you get books for free. There are two kinds of free ebooks. First, books that have passed out of copyright into the public...
I’m currently reading Sentence of Marriage by Shayne Parkinson and as I sat on the commuter train with my Kindle, it suddenly struck me that my own writing lacks sufficient description of details. In the novel, Amy shows a nurse into a bedroom for her to have a...
I totally slacked off and didn’t write anything related to the Spicers in a long time. I had another project happening, as well as taking on a second job that takes up quite a chunk of my time after coming home from my regular fulltime job. So how do you get...
…determines the result of your story. I’m currently translating fairytales, and I found that they have a very unique rhythm. Just take the beginning and ending of a typical fairytale. It always starts with “Once upon a time…” and more...
