Tag: toolbag
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Writer’s Toolbag: Attending Conventions Part 2
In part one I discussed a bit about attending a convention and some of the things to look for when selecting whether to attend or not. Here in Part 2, I’ll discuss how to go about attending as a panelist. Getting into a convention as a panelist is quite a bit more difficult than merely…
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Writers Toolbag: What to Write
It’s commonly said: write what you love. Yet at the same time, there’s still a strong push (not as strong as it once was, but still present), to write what is “marketable”. That kind of thing presents a bit of a conundrum. Do you write to what you think the market is or do you…
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Writer’s Toolbag: Finding Your Voice
One of the first bits of professional advice I found confusing was regarding my “voice”. At the time, I figured I’d just write a story, how I wrote it was my voice… right? Well, sort of. You see, a writer has a certain tone that they use when they write. It’s a mix of…
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Writing Toolbag: Names
There’s a power in names. It’s oddly one of the hardest and one of the easiest decisions to make. Oftentimes when I select a name for a character it’s not a simple decision. How you name your characters and what meaning those names have will set the tone of your story. It establishes from the…
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Writing Toolbag: Expectation Management
We’ve all been there, you’ve got all these grand ideas and images, you’re certain you have the best story, best thing ever. You’re going to write it and awards, accolades and money are going to shower down from the heavens… And then as you sit there in front of the computer, you feel that your…
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Writer’s Toolbag: Opportunity Cost
Today I’m writing about the most difficult decision you’ll ever make as a writer. No. Not that decision, the other one. No, the other one. Okay, really, I’m writing about the tough decisions and how to make those. These decisions are out there constantly for us as authors, but I’m talking about the big ones…