Writing Tips and Writerly Musings

Remember me talking about how I was losing faith? Well.... having hope can be even scarier.

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There comes a time when one must look in the mirror and face accountability.

We’re a third of the way through the year, my move turned into a two month ordeal, and I’ve gotten distracted from my wri…

Last time I moved houses, I talked about how sometimes -- change is exactly what you need -- both in your own life and in your writing.

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Querying can almost be like a religion. You've got: the common tenents, the different sects, the proper rituals, and the heretics.

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I love being supportive and encouraging of my fellow authors, but sometimes, I've just got to rant. And one thing that makes me rant is being asked to read a first chapter.

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Since I recorded this episode, I've gotten active in the online #AuthorTube community. For readers, there's the #booktube community. And all the things you can stream to youtube, also work on Twitch …

While tumblr has dropped a lot in popularity since this episode was first recorded, there are still a lot of good reasons to use both Tumblr AND Reddit.

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The visual side of social media! You don't have to take photos for this either, resharing content is fine (assuming you're not breaking copyright) I've got a lot more tips and tricks, though.

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Today I'm talking about ways to establish your presence and best practice guides fro using Facebook, Twitter, and hashtags. (which I use ironically and wrong ALL the time.)

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If you want to be a writer, the ubiquitous “they” tell you that you need to “Establish a Social Media Presence”, but so much of the advice out there is aimed at Non-fiction writers.

Non-fiction writ…

If you want to be a writer, the ubiquitous “they” tell you that you need to “Establish a Social Media Presence”, but so much of the advice out there is aimed at Non-fiction writers.

Non-fiction writ…

You can only spend so long revising and editing a novel. Somewhere between revision 3 and revision 12, you’re probably going to be done with your book. But now what?

If you want to get your novel tr…

Getting a rough draft out on paper is a monumental achievement... but then? You've got to polish it. By using this trick, you'll be all set to have a clear plan to fix that rough draft in about 30 mi…

Last year was a year of querying/submitting, revisions, reading, and networking.

This year? The goal is publication! Yet again, I need to refocus on what will get me there.

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How Do You Please Everyone With Your Writing? Spoiler Alert: You can’t.

In the query trenches, you see agents posting about what they don’t want and there’s this knee-jerk reaction, when I recognize…

When you look at our history books and the artifacts that exist from prehistory, there’s a definite trend. Humanity has always looked upwards. From Stonehenge to the Pyramids in Maya and Egypt and el…

I had a lot of SMART goals set for 2020. Let's see how I did with my writing resolutions, check my top viewed content on all my different sources, and -- for my own sake -- talk numbers and stats for…

After you’ve written your novel and revised the BLEEP out of it, one thing remains: To edit your manuscript! In this episode, I share 5 sites that can help

http://thewritelife.com/edit-your-copy/
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Goals aren’t for everyone. Goals in January? Even less so. Here is why sometimes? Setting goals is just setting ourselves up for failure. You need to take a good hard look at where you are, where you…

In this flashback episode, I share what my plans for 2020 were. As we all know... NOTHING happened like I'd expected. Check out the original blogpost with charts here: https://morganhazelwood.com/202…