Unashamed Writing

Should an author thank his fans for buying and reading his books? Sir George Stephen, a nineteen-century barrister and writer, thinks not. Here’s the explanation (slightly edited) from his book The Adventures of a Gentleman in Search of a Horse, published in 1835. As all authors who arrive at the honor of a second edition, […]

Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules of Writing is exactly 1,055 words long. I know that because I’ve just finished copying it into a Word document. It took me about thirty minutes. I first heard about it from a writer friend. I also read about it in Stephen King’s On Writing so I decided to buy it. […]

Twelve days ago I started writing down a story called “No Goodbyes.” Based on how far I’ve gotten so far, I believe this will be my first novel.   The paragraph above clearly establishes two things: I’ve never written a novel; I have twelve full days of novel writing experience. So far, so good, right? […]