My vocabulary is elementary. My ideas are unoriginal. My characters all sound alike. No matter how much I research I will never know what it's really like to be a teenager in Alaska. I use "just," "even," "totally," and "really," way too much. I use "much" too much. I don't know how to forward a plot; I just keep writing random scenes. I will never ( Read more... )

 A few days ago, I was feeling really good about my current WIP, an urban fantasy I'm calling TAINTED FROST. I was thinking about how much I really like the story, and that I think I'm doing an okay job on the execution ( Read more... )

I have found an awesome new website and I decided to share it with you guys. As writers, we're no strangers to angst and anxiety and those occasional bursts of, "I suck! I suck! I suck!" Well, I know I'm not! It's something I struggle with almost daily.

That's why I think it's so important for writers, and other creative people, to remember to stay ( Read more... )

 Do you ever get that feeling that you suck; that you shouldn't even bother with this whole writing business; that you can't write even one decent sentence; that everything you write is trash; that not only will you never be published but you'll also never amount to anything in life; that you should just give up now while you're ahead; that you ( Read more... )

 I angst a lot about the plot for my current WIP. I just think that it's not original enough and it's been done a million times and no one will ever want to read it. But then I get to thinking about how many books I've read that had very similar plot lines and yet that never interfered with my enjoyment of those books. I think that if you break any ( Read more... )