Category Archives: writing life

What it’s like to be a writer, and suggestions for personal improvement as a writer.

Write Every Day: What Does that Mean & Why?

November 14, 2008 – 4:11 pm

Jeff DeRego is no fan of NaNoWriMo. I can sympathize. What I can’t sympathize with is that he disses the idea of writing “every day.” Listen to his audio commentary for Paula B’s Writing Show. Here’s my audio response.
I agree with him on NaNoWriMo. I agree with him except on one point. I think writers [...]

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NaNoWriMo almost Here, and Do I Have a Surprise for You

October 25, 2008 – 3:31 pm

I never do NaNoWriMo, because I believe if you’re a writer, you should write. Period. One month of excitement is not going to change your life. It’s like one of those one-day self-help seminars. You go; you have an enlightening, emotional experience; you feel good about yourself and your future; and three days later, you’re [...]

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You Are Worth Every Word You Write

October 12, 2008 – 12:43 am

I know I’ve been away for a while, because I’ve been in the midst of the frantic throes of releasing my new novel, The Conscience of Abe’s Turn and my dad John King’s memoirs, Can You See God in This Picture. (We sold out of the latter on the day of its release, but I [...]

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Editing Your First Novel: 7 Things You Must Know

August 8, 2008 – 4:12 pm

I had written and completed numerous shorter works over the years, but The Conscience of Abe’s Turn: Season 1 Episodes 1-4 is the first full novel-length work I had ever written and edited to completion. The experience taught me a whole new set of lessons.
Some of these lessons I learned from my own editing experience. [...]

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Why I Don’t do 70 Days of Sweat (and other sprints)

February 29, 2008 – 4:04 pm

70 Days of Sweat, Round 3 begins tomorrow. I will not be participating. Just as I participate in neither NaNoWriMo nor NaNoEdMo. Why not? What do I have against writers trying to write a book? Nothing, except…
In my view, either I’m a writer, and I write consistently. Or I’m not a writer, and I don’t. [...]

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The Real 7 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer

August 6, 2007 – 1:33 pm

Getting caught up on my RSS feeds, I saw Brian Clark’s 10 Steps to Becoming a Better Writer. He didn’t make up this advice. It has been repeated far and wide. But it’s absolutely wrong.
The advice is basically, if you want become a better writer, you should write, write some more, keep writing and writing [...]

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