Blogging Insights – NF # 64 : Writing Advice “The only truly universal writing advice is ‘If it works, it works.’ ” – Audrey Driscol Or, to put it another way, “It is what it is if it works. It… Read More ›
Editing
Stick-to-it-ive-ness
Blogging Insights NF # 49 – “Stick-to-it-ive-ness” ” The difference between writers who finish books and those who don’t– is that the finishers don’t stop writing until they get to : THE END.” – Brian Hutchinson, author of Writer’s Doubt…. Read More ›
THE CRUELTY AND JOY OF EDITING
Melanie left a comment on my “Paper Moon” post suggesting that I’m smart and clever and that’s why I write well. The real reason is probably my span of more than 40-years as a working writer. That’s got to be… Read More ›
WRITING IS…
Blogging Insights — # 45: What writing is Writing is all the things we’ve talked about, including: “Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.” – Isaac Asimov Yes, it’s definitely thinking through your fingers. All the initial ideas… Read More ›
RULES FOR WRITING NOVELS?
Blogging Insights–# 44 — Novels and Books TODAY’S QUOTE: “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” — W. Somerset Maugham Are there any rules for writing books? Are there any rules that… Read More ›
WRITING WELL, WRITING HARD?
Blogging Insights # 43 — Hard work Does working hard make your writing better? First and foremost, some people will never write well because they lack talent. There is a bottom line to writing as there is to painting, sculpture,… Read More ›
BLOGGING: NOT ROCKET SCIENCE?
Blogging Insights — It ain’t rocket science? Okay, here’s my joke du jour: When is a blog not rocket science? How about never? Not funny? Oh well, I tried. I guess stand up comedy isn’t going to be my medium…. Read More ›
EDITING – YOU MEAN YOU DON’T?
Blogging Insights — Editing I don’t often participate in these Q & A things, but this one caught my eye, so… QUESTIONS: Do you edit your work before posting it? Apart from correcting typos and spellings , how much (if… Read More ›
NATIONAL “SPEAK IN COMPLETE SENTENCES DAY” AND ALSO WRITING IN COMPLETE SENTENCES
There is a day for everything, but I could not let this one slip by unnoticed. MAY 31st is national speak in complete sentences day. I think this means writing in complete sentences, too. I know I’m a day ahead… Read More ›
PLANNING? PANTZING?
Blogging Insights–Planning or Pantzing ? TODAY’S QUESTION: Do you outline your posts (planning) or do you roll by the seat of your pants (pantzing) ? When I started this blog, I was ending a forty year career as a technical… Read More ›
OPEN LIVE WRITER WHILE HANGING ON TO YOUR SANITY
I’m going to pass along this comment from Tish Farrell. First, however, a brief introduction on how to actually get “Open Live Writer.” INTRODUCTION: GETTING “OPEN LIVE WRITER” NOTE: While this does not work on the Mac, I understand with… Read More ›
IT’S NOT A BLOCK EDITOR – PART II
HUH? For reasons that are way beyond my knowledge, I can’t GET the block editor to work at all on my Mac. It simply will not come up. I have to fight to avoid it on my PC, but I… Read More ›
WHAT GREAT NEW STUFF DO WE GET FROM THE BLOCK EDITOR?
NOTE: I found a way to twitch the headers and crawl back to the “old” version. It is awkward, but at least it exists. So now I have a separate link for “posts” that has the option to use the… Read More ›
PICTURES IN THE BLOCK EDITOR
Yesterday Garry slipped into the block editor and wrote a whole piece. He didn’t make any special effort. He just wrote it. How humiliating for me! Of course, he doesn’t deal with the finer points — like design, editing, proofreading,… Read More ›
BETRAYED AND SEEKING NEW HOME
Like many others, I’ve found the “new” WordPress block editor to be clunky and awkward to use. It doesn’t matter where I use it. It’s equally difficult on my 15.6 inch PC laptop as it is on my 14-inch Mac…. Read More ›
THE BEST CAREER ADVICE
I was a music major for my first two years of college. I finished the major except for 1 credit of choir. I didn’t take that credit because by then, I knew I wasn’t a good enough pianist to play… Read More ›
SERENDIPITY: SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 