Joanna Bourne, author of the much buzzed about historical romance “The Spymaster’s Lady” offers some sentence level technical tips for better writing.
Joanna Bourne shares writing tips
May 22nd, 2008 · No Comments
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Useful writing tips
March 14th, 2008 · No Comments
If you spend much time reading writing craft advice articles on the internet, you start seeing many of the same concepts covered over and over again. And while you get a lot of theory, it becomes harder and harder to find new usable information that makes producing and polishing the pages easer. I’m happy to report that the folks at edittorrent consistently come up with blog posts that give information that’s useful to the working writer. Good, nitty gritty craft advice.
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SmartGlove wrist brace
December 7th, 2007 · No Comments
I have used the The SmartGlove wrist brace for a few years now, and it has made *all* the difference for my wrists. It has a gentle brace on top, and a built in beanbag support beneath of the heel of your hand. For both preventing wrist strain and extending the length of time you can type and mouse, this thing is a godsend.
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Plotting for Jungians
November 2nd, 2007 · No Comments
I’m not a big fan of the “horizontal scrolling when it doesn’t need to” design aesthetic, but the chapter, plotting, and editing pages on this site held a lot of ideas that I found useful.
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Line Editing Links
October 5th, 2007 · No Comments
Over at Deep Genre, David Louis Edelman shared ten great tips for line editing your novel, some of which are basic, others are easily missed.
Holt Uncensored offers another take with “Ten Mistakes Writers Don’t See (But Can Easily Fix When They Do)”.
And if you’d like some more in depth, dead tree type advice, Self Editing for Fiction Writers is an invaluable tome.
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