Stephen king was born on this day in 1947. He has sold hundreds of millions of books and is famous the world over for a his novels, movies and short stories. Oh and he did an American Express commercial once. He is one of the greatest writers of our time, and whenever one of the […]
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Building Characters (for stories)
It’s gotta be done. Here are some ideas on how to do it. You can see ALL the segments on our Writers Off Task With Friends YouTube channel. Subscribe to the show’s channel, and as soon as new segments post, you will get a notice! Then you can watch them or download them as MP4’s into […]
This is a cute story your kids will like, from Writers Off Task With Friends guest Virginia Finnie. The countdown deal is on! Grab your copy of It’s A Super-Bad Terrible Day! for $.99! https://t.co/or2LmS4QE6 https://t.co/mZw6C0m7wF See what happens when you come on the show? We promote your stuff!
Nothing has more strength than dire necessity. Euripides How that applies to writing: You can hire a bunch of people to do things for you. Editing, beta reading, book covers, formatting, paperback formatting, you name it. And in the process, you can spend $5000 and not sell a book. Or… you could be like most […]
Occasionally on the blog we’ll get a question from a reader who is having “writer issues.” Recently, that was the case, and since we ALL deal with this stuff, I thought I’d share the questions and answers with you. . Dear Dan, My questions are simple, of course … The thing is this, as any […]
Meet Angela Kay as she stands on the cusp of her first novel coming out, The Murder of Manny Grimes, and lays out the important elements in writing for one of the biggest genres out there. Mystery. I’m looking forward to writing a mystery one day, and I know a lot of you are, too, so […]
I think this makes stories imminently more readable. What do you think???
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Body Positive
Dan goes on and on about boring shit and accidentally is amusing. Hey, we have a good time. And so could you! Join us on Writers Off Task With Friends and let’s talk about YOUR beads. Or your characters. Or something. You catch see ALL the segments of this and other interviews on our Writers Off […]
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