Using Habitica (For Authors!)
Recently I discovered Habitica, a free app which essentially turns your to-do list into a role playing game. It works incredibly well to keep me on task as a writer, and I’ve also applied it to my …
Category: Writing Tip
14 Ways to Edit Common First Draft Problems
So we’ve all heard of writer’s block… but EDITOR’S block, now there’s the rub! Here are a few tips on how to turn your pile of word-mush into gold… or at least a pile of …
Pitch to Pub Feedback: 7 Tips on Writing Great First Pages
First pages are the WORST. I, and many others not up to par in Pitch to Publication this year, relearned this hard fact as we scoured this year’s #p2p16 and #tenqueries Twitter feeds. However, the gracious P2P editors have not left …
Chicago Writer’s Conference: The Four-Month-Later Effects
I attended CWC 2015 directly following my resignation from a stressful office position. My prospects were bright, and I left CWC 2015 with nothing but a dazzling future—both as an author, and as an employed …