Recently I’ve been reading (and re-reading) a few books on writing. I made an observation that I think warrants a little discussion. It seems that a lot of published authors knew that they wanted to be a writer from the time they were very young. Since this does not match my experience I have to [...]
Blink. Blink. Blink. Taunt. Taunt. Taunt. We’ve all been there, right? Sometimes a minor annoyance, sometimes a frustratingly monumental boulder in our path to success. We all handle the void in our own way. When I first started my blog, the wide open canvas freaked me out at times. If I knew I needed to [...]
I don’t imagine that anyone cares for rejection too much. As much as we don’t like it, it’s important for writers to admit that it is part of the landscape. I have a special place in my writing space called “The Wall of Shame”. It is in this place that I put rejection letters for [...]
This is the last in a triad of vintage Tumblemoose posts. I chose this one because I really like what it has to say. Some writers are lucky. That’s what I’ve decided. From the very first keystrokes that they ever put to paper the words just flow and make sense. Others struggle and it seems [...]
The past week or so has seen some controversy regarding the topic of self publishing. I’ve seen posts and arguments before, but the turn and tone that this recent round took was particularly disturbing. I caught wind of what was happening because I subscribe to the blog for Joel Friedlander. I sang his praises a [...]
