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Advice for Speculative Fiction Writing

| April 8, 2024

If you’re looking for some helpful advice for speculative fiction writers, check out this article with some great suggestions about how you might refresh your speculative fiction writing! I think the advice presented here is useful for all levels of speculative fiction writers, whether you’re just getting started or whether you want to try something […]

Advice on Writing Fairy Tale Retellings

| March 4, 2024

I’ve been noodling on a fairy tale retelling recently, and I came across this article that gives some good advice on writing such a thing! The one I’m working on may add some additional levels of complexity to this advice, but it’s definitely a good starting point!  

Writing What You Love

| February 12, 2024

A lot of writing advice tells authors to write what you know, but I think it’s more important to write what you love. Chuck Wendig agrees. In his blog post, he talks about writing marketable stuff when the market is fickle, and so much more. So why not just write what you love?  

Weird Writing Advice?

| January 29, 2024

If you’re looking for a source of weird writing advice, may I point you toward Kurt Pankau’s blog? His theme for 2024 is weird writing advice, which he’s calling Your Mileage May Vary. That second link will take you to all of his posts on the topic to date, which means if you’re finding this […]

Anti-Advice: Bad Writing Advice

| January 22, 2024

If you’re an author looking for advice on the internet, you’re likely to come across plenty that’s outdated, possibly “written” by an AI, or otherwise downright bad. This article from LitHub collects some samples of bad advice, often given by good writers. This is the sort of stuff that gets repeated over and over again […]