Writing and Publishing

Over the years, I’ve written several articles about writing. I’ve written these pieces as I was developing myself into a writer. On the one hand, I did it selfishly to memorialize what I know, and on the other hand, to share my thoughts with you and get feedback so that I can get better. Please

How do you create fantasy names for your characters, objects, places? Where do you get ideas for names? Do you sometimes feel stuck in this process? Here are some ideas to get you up and running.

NaNoWriMo is a month-long fiction writing contest. But how can you write a novel in 30 days? Learn some great tips on how to finish your novel in one month.

Why does it take so long to come up with the first draft? Read this article for some thoughts on how to speed-up your first draft.

The second installment in the Create a Fantasy World series deals with communication and language. What language do your characters speak?

Remember those books you loved when you were a child? Have you ever tried to read them again, this time with the eyes of a writer? You’ll be amazed of the new depth you will discover and how quickly your writing skills will improve. Read some more about my own experience.

These are quick manuscript editing tips that you can apply in your editing process to bring your work in better shape and ready for publication.

The first installment in the Create a Fantasy World series deals with the beginning: your map, your geography. Where is your world? How does it look and how does it behave?

Worldbuilding is one of the exciting parts of writing science-fiction and fantasy. It’s that time when you are God and you get to create Everything. In this series of posts I will describe a practical method by which you can create your new world, little by little, and I will create one together with you.

Fiction writers struggle with meeting word-count deadlines. Learn how to schedule your time to finish your novel or short story.

Writing on vacation – is it a good idea? Should you write your next novel on vacation, and if yes, how?

The more I write, the more I appreciate the value of being well organized. In this post I will try to give you a summary of my own organization process and explain why I believe it is extremely helpful.

Let’s talk about query letters for a moment. If you’re a writer, you will deal with query letters at one point in time. Mastering the query letter can make or break a writer’s career, so don’t skip it. Here I present some general rules that will help with your query letter process.

Starting with the beginning and the ending, and leaving the middle last is a great plotting technique that will save you lots of headaches along the way.

Writing short stories is lots of fun and it’s a good way to start before working your way up to longer pieces. But is there a strategy to short story submission that will guarantee your will sell everything you write? That’s what this article is trying to answer.