Yesterday I practiced writing. Today I am practicing writing. Tomorrow I will practice writing. Are you seeing a pattern here? Practice is a repeated action. The practitioner repeats the action because he is attempting to acquire proficiency. When I was young(er), I played the organ, and later the piano. But I only played after minutes, […]
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Day Three – Initiate a Writerly Habit: Clean It Up
It’s time to initiate one good writing habit. Initiate is an action verb. Meaning we have to actually do something. Let’s take a hard look at your writing lair. Is everything organized and ready to find when you stumble into your writing space at Oh-dark-thirty in the morning? (Thank you, Jeff Goins!) Or are you […]
Book Review: House of Order by John Paul Jaramillo
There’s no beauty in this collection of short stories. Instead, they reveal a harsh people, living in a harsh environment. There’s nothing kind in the characters. Not in the way men treat women and boys, not in the way boys treat each other, and as they grow to manhood, the way they treat other people according […]
An Excerpt from The Day of First Sun. Plus, $450 in Amazon Gift Cards & a Kindle Fire up for Grabs!
Please enjoy this excerpt from the urban fantasy novel, The Day of First Sun. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including $450 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, and 5 autographed copies of the book. Sturtagaard chose not to speak, though it […]
An Excerpt from Doxology. Plus, $450 in Amazon Gift Cards & a Kindle Fire up for Grabs!
Haven’t purchased Brian Holer’s new novel yet? Please enjoy this excerpt from the literary novel, Doxology. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including $450 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, and 5 autographed copies of the book. Sunday is Vernon’s wash day. And […]
An Interview with Brian Holers, Author of Doxology. Plus, $450 in Amazon Gift Cards & a Kindle Fire up for Grabs!
Please enjoy this author-provided interview with Brian Holers, author of the literary novel, Doxology. Then read on to learn how you can win huge prizes as part of this blog tour, including $450 in Amazon gift cards, a Kindle Fire, and 5 autographed copies of the book. 1. Why did you choose to write […]
Book Review: Doxology by Brian Holers. Plus, $450 in Amazon Gift Cards & a Kindle Fire up for Grabs!
In Brain Holers’ novel, Doxology, Vernon Davidson is so used to his isolation from family and his faith that he hardly notices how disconnected he has become from his last living brother until Leonard is facing death. Now that his brother lies in a hospital bed he’ll never leave, Vernon realizes all that he could […]
Writers Write Down Goals: It's The Baby Steps That Get You Published
We’re just past a month and a half into 2012 today. How are you doing in meeting your writing goals? What’s that? You don’t have any goals? I know, I know. A lot of us clean house, schedule surgery, or leave the country to avoid those things called “New Year’s Resolutions.” Believe me, I’ve been […]