While writing is truly one of the most rewarding hobbies, it is also a very lonely activity. And to write well, you need to keep writing all the time, otherwise you just won't reach that level of perfection every writer seeks. So we all lock ourselves up and try to write at least for an hour a day, right? But this is easier said than done. With so many distractions - friends, family, work and other social obligations - most freelance writers struggle to stick religiously to that one hour per day… Continue

I recently started a site, Experimental Writing, and published an article about experimental fiction and my upcoming class on writing on experimental fiction in swi magazine. It's now time to sign up for the class that starts mid April.

A friend and I were having a conversation the other day when the subject of living life as if you were dying came up. I ended the conversation right there after my friend convincingly remarked, “Life is too short; you must live it as if you are dying.” Okay, now hold on! What kind of “philosophy” is this? How does such an illogical idea end up

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I have been writing for years I have written about children, vampires, the 18 century, romance and now religon. I jump all over the place my girlfriends asked me the other day what did I write about, genre. That is a good question, I heard somewhere that you should write what you know. I have in the past submitted query letters, I was told that my work was marketable however, the agency was not taking on new clients at that time, too bad. I gave up writing for a while but then I missed it way

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