Reading time: Less than 4 mins. If you’ve never produced an annual writing plan, read on to learn why you should, and how to do it…. If I’d been faster off the mark, I’d have published today’s blog post before the end of 2022…. That way it would have been […]
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss an interview with George Saunders…. George Saunders (pictured above), is the bestselling author of short stories, essays,
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The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #38, about whether talking about writing is a good idea. The post first ran on Nov. 24/17. Transcript: Welcome
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Reading time: About 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about a series of similes from author Katie Williams… How is technology changing your life? Perhaps you’re walking more because of your Fitbit? Maybe you’re able to take
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: farrago… I thought I knew the word farrago but it turns out the only word I knew was fargo, as in the name
Reading time: Less than 5 minutes Do you have a good shutdown ritual? You should! Here’s how to implement one that will work for you… Writing — like cooking, cleaning and parenting — is a job that knows no beginning or ending. It’s something you do all the time, even in
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Viewing time: 4 mins. and 52 secs. The Write Question is a weekly video podcast about writing that I started in 2017 and that ran, more or less weekly, until April 2022. This is a republication of issue #37, all about writing book introductions. The post first ran on Nov.
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute I like to share interesting pieces of figurative language I encounter in my reading. I write today about similes and metaphors from American novelist Danzy Senna… I can’t remember who recommended the 2017 Danzy Senna novel, New People, to me. A ‘best book of
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute Increase your vocabulary and you’ll make your writing much more precise. That’s why I provide a word of the week. Today’s word: suzerainty… I knew of the late Clark Davey back in the 1980s when he must have been a ‘youngster’ of only 60 years old.
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Reading time: Less than 1 minute This is my weekly installment of “writing about writing,” in which I scan the world to find websites, books and articles to help other writers. Today I discuss a blog post about Andrew Sean Greer…. Ultra successful novelist Andrew Sean Greer (he won the
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