No-Blog No-vember
Time to focus on nanowrimo during November. See y’all in December.
Tag: crime fiction
Not Your Typical Angel Halloween Costume story
Who knows what a windy day will inspire? Well, now we do.
Cry all the way to the Bank
Halloween flash fiction? Bank on it!
Do the Difficult Thing
Things you learn from writing…
Back-to-School Flash Fiction: Homework
I told Ms. Griggs I left my homework at my dad’s house, and my mom refuses to let me go over there till the weekend. Somehow Ms. Griggs knows my parents aren’t divorced. “Strike Two,” she says. (Apparently she didn’t believe my grandma died yesterday either.) Tonight’s homework, stupid as always, is worse than usual. […]
Back-to-School Week Flash Fiction: English
Comma sutra–Because punctuation is sexy
Back-to-School Week Flash Fiction: Math
What did you do with your algebra today?
Back-to-School Week Flash Fiction: Science
Is Schrodinger alive or dead?
Practical Lessons from Editing
Part 2 of an editing series Editing my manuscript has been a long process, mostly because I keep teaching myself things as I go along. Herewith, a cheap way for you to learn from my expensive lessons. 1. Specificity Outperforms Vagueness Specific words trigger your mind while vague words don’t. Want evidence? It’s all around […]
Natural Talent is a Myth
Part 1 of my editing series If experience leads to expertise, I should be rolling into Expert at the next exit. With all the time I’ve spent editing my (formerly) 90,000-word manuscript, I am now a maestro using my red pen as a baton. I’ve learned a lot, and I want to pass it on […]
John Davis Frain 