Category: Writing & Creativity
How I Got Offered My First Book Contract: A Marketing Fluke De Force?
How my online content spurred being ‘discovered’ and launched a writing career. I once played guitar and sang at the Bluenote Cafe in Winnipeg, where a lot of famous musicians also played. It’s funny. I was never discovered. Never…
Writing Tips: How To Become A Consistent, Prolific Writer
Prolific and profit generating author/writer shares his writing strategies One of the challenges for many writers is how to write regularly while maintaining the quality of the writing, and that applies to both article writing, and writing a book. Most…
You Know You Are A “Real Writer” When….
People write for all kinds of reasons. Some do so because they feel it’s a good business strategy to create blog posts. Others write because they have a passion about a particular subject. There’s one element that will help you…
Writing Tip: Words Are The Paintbrush
Think of your words as a paintbrush for the senses. EVOKE. Most amateur writers get lost in abstractions, abstract concepts, vagueness. Don’t say love. Tell me what love looks like. Paint it like DaVinci. Tell me what love smells like….
Writing Lesson: Glib, Cute, Idiot
It’s easy to mistake facility with language with poetic ability. Don’t. Wordplay, cuteness, glibness — all to show how damned clever you are just shows how lacking in substance your writing is. Cuteness, glibness cannot replace real insight, real ability…
