- Have a question about the craft or business of writing that I haven’t answered? Ask it here!
Interviews
- In Conversation with Kisa Whipkey – the origins and publication of “The Accidental Turn series”
- In Conversation with Kisa Whipkey – the origins and publication of “The Skylark’s Saga”
- In Conversation with Kacey Sophia – on “Time and Tide”, “Nine-Tenths”, the value of reviews, and writer’s block.
- Podcast Interviews
The Business of Writing
- Should You Publish on a Reading App?
- How to Get People To Read Your Work Online (Guest Post)
- How to Make Author Connections
- Guest Post: Marketing for Authors with no Marketing Budget
- How to Create a Book Photoshoot
- The Importance of Your Author Headshot
- What is a ‘Hybrid Author’?
- How do Writers Get Paid?
- How to Get an Agent.
- What is a Street Team and Why Do You Need One?
- How Social Media and Writing / Publishing Work Together
- What Happens between Signing with an Agent to Signing at a Launch?
- How Do I Get A Screen Adaptation of my Books Made?
- How Do I Think Up New Ways To Promote Books?
- What Are The Advantages To Having An Agent?
- At What Point Should I Start Searching for an Agent?
- What Do I Do Now That My Novel Is Written?
- How do I Write Media Kits?
- Publishing Sans Agent
- Queries – You Might Have To Work At It
- The Ups and Downs of Querying – That Middle Place
- How Do I Get An Agent? Why Do I Need One?
- Adventures in Self Promotion – Book Trailers and Tax Receipts
- Things I am Learning as my Own Publisher
The Craft of Writing
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- Working with Outside Eyes
- Finalizing Your Novel Ready for Query
- Editing: Stages of Editing
- Editing: Types of Editing
- Subplots: What is a Subplot?
- Subplots: Types of Subplots
- Subplots: Creating Subplots
- Subplots: Secondary Characters and Subplots
- Subplots: Integrating Subplots Into Your Narrative Structure
- Tips for Critiquing Other’s Manuscripts
- What are Sensitivity Writers?
- Narrative Voice Part 1: Who Is Telling Your Story
- Narrative Voice Part 2: Using More Than One Narrator
- Narrative Voice Part 3: Creating a Narrative Voice
- Narrative Voice Part 4: What is an Unreliable Narrator
- Narrative Voice Part 5: Creating Your Unreliable Narrator
- Narrative Voice Part 6: Point of View and Tenses
- Narrative Voice Part 7: Vocabulary Choice and Tone (Part One)
- Narrative Voice Part 8: Vocabulary Choice and Tone (Part Two)
- Beginnings
- Do You Need That Prologue?
- How Long Should It Take You to Write a First Draft?
- Types of Narrative Conflict
- Prose vs. Screenwriting
- The Point of the Scene
- How to Plan a Series
- How to Create a Pitch Package
- How to Write a Novel Synopsis
- What are Beta Readers?
- More on Beta Readers
- How Do I Make Sure My Characters Aren’t Just DOING Stuff?
- How Can I Tell If The Story Is Done?
- What’s the Difference in Writing Fiction and Non-Fiction?
- The Value of National Novel Writing Month
- How Do I Turn My Travel Bucket List Into A Book?
- How Do I Get Over Writer’s Block?
- When Does Style Get In The Way Of Story?
- What’s the difference between YA and NA?
- When Should I Get A Sensitivity Reader?
- Should I Write the Boring Bits?
- Edits are hard *grumblegrumble*
- The Story of How I Started Selling Stories
- How Do I Build Character Out Of Tropes?
- J.M. Frey and Cal Spivey Talk Fantasy
- How Do You Get Anything Done When You Have Lots To Do?
- Audience Development (Audio)
- Tag, You’re It! – Writing Process Blog Tour
- Should I Take A Class?
- Establishing a Routine
- Asexual Characters
- Triptych & Non-Happy Endings
- Protecting Your Work
- World-Building, Culture-Building, Character-Building, and Finding The Story
- Killing Your Babies
- How Do I Become A Writer?
- What the Heck is Steampunk?
- A bit of advice for NaNoWriMo
- The Balance Between Science-telling and Story-telling
- The Power of ‘What-If’: Keynote Address – JET P-Dot 2011
- What Do I Do To Self-Market?
- Why Pirating Hurts Art
- Why Do I Write Sci-Fi?
- How To Structure A Story
- Keeping Momentum
- Top 10 Ways to De-Stress in a Multi-Book Deal
The Emotion of Writing
- The Value of Fanfiction
- Leaving an Agent
- How Long Should It Take You To Draft a Novel?
- Crafting Your Motivation
- Writing is Fulfilling Work
- How Fantasy Tropes Can Bring Out the Power of Being a Fangirl
- Your Voice Is Valid (Keynote Speech for Grant MacEwan’s English Student Conference)
- Why Is Fandom Important?
- My Writing Sucks and I Hate Everything Or, Being A Writer While Human
- NaNoWriMo Still Matters
- Saying Yes. And Saying No.
- The Value of Writing
- Self Confidence and Starting
- Getting Started
- Bidding Farewell to a Story That Isn’t Working
- Refilling the Creative Well
- Don’t Stop. Don’t Ever Stop.
- Unhooking, Tough Choices, and Raising Your Manuscript Up Right
- Schrödinger’s Author – Dealing with Acceptances and Rejections
- The Emotionally-Blocked Writer
- Learning To Be A Writer Again
- Why Write?
- Academic Writing vs. Fiction
Q&As and Resources
- Q&A Twitter Session with the Scarborough Museum Youth Team
- The NaNoWriMo “Keep Yourself Accountable” Checklist
- The Book(s) That Influenced Me Most Isn’t a Book At All
- Ask The Author Now Live on Goodreads
- My Visit With the Scarborough Museum Youth Team – Part 5 / 5
- My Visit With the Scarborough Museum Youth Team – Part 4 / 5
- My Visit With the Scarborough Museum Youth Team – Part 3 / 5
- My Visit With the Scarborough Museum Youth Team – Part 2 / 5
- My Visit With the Scarborough Museum Youth Team– Part 1/ 5
- Questions from Fans – TRIPTYCH
- Prepping for NaNoWriMo