Wow the character hate in writing support groups is bizarre. Why wouldn’t you want to know what the characters look like? I get excruciating detail is too much (and I may be guilty of this), but knowing hair and eye color? That’s… That’s amateur? Help? I know exactly what my characters look like and it’s Read more

I joined writing groups to be inspired. Instead I’m reading so much ignorant shit that it’s driving me nuts. One of the best books I ever read used details and descriptors to set the location and tone. It’s emersive as far as I’m concerned. It’s not “weak story telling” or “amateur”. You can paint a Read more

Writing forums are so dense. Someone shows concern about people using ChatGPT to write entire manuscripts and these people are like “well grammarly is AI too. Where do we draw the line?” You’re being intentionally obtuse. There’s a huge difference between using something to write your entire story and using aids. Then they revert to Read more

While I’m on my writing soap box, abandon word count fixations. Write the whole damn thing. If you CAN break it up to relieve reader fatigue, go for it. If you feel like that would compromise the story, don’t. HOWEVER, and this is something I struggle with, if you DO want to write a long Read more

Saw this take on a writing group post and I sincerely disagree. The market is a fickle beast. Readers aren’t always in it with the best of intentions especially for indie authors. I firmly believe you must write what makes YOU happy. Barring major plot or story structure issues, your story must suit you. Would Read more

Again. Just like with the story itself, the site has gone through countless reworks and overhauls. I’ve decided to keep it simple and clean this time. I can’t afford to upgrade for anything fancy at the moment, but at minimum I’d like to get a domain set up properly sooner than later. For now, this Read more