Below is a list of articles I have written, mainly on the subjects of steampunk and/or the craft of novel writing:
Steampunk Articles
- Why Steampunk Works
- Steampunk Warfare – The Real Deal
- Writing Fast – My Process
- A Steaming Steampunk Book Trailer
- The Rise and Rise of Steampunk
- Steampunk Story
The Craft of Novel Writing
- Constructing a Novel – Overview
- Constructing a Novel – The Story Part 1
- Constructing a Novel – The Story Part 2
- Constructing a Novel – Convincing Story Worlds
- Constructing a Novel – Writing Good Scene Flow
- Perils of First-Person Present-Tense
- Writing Fast – Process Infographic
- Great Books For Writers
- Sell ebooks 1 – Longtail Marketing
- Sell ebooks 2 – Website Content
- Sell ebooks 3 – Building a Twitter Following
- Sell ebooks 4 – Twitter Marketing
- An Interview with Nick Travers
- Scene Flow Infographic
- Indie Author Collective Infographic
- Story Telling – The Scientific Basis
New Writers
There are a lot of great free articles about writing all over the internet which are far better and more knowledgeable than I can produce. The articles on this website are only about the things I am doing with my writing, my experience, and my personal thoughts on writing. My best advice to new writers is to join a writing community, invite people to comment on your work, and provide lots of feedback to other people on their work. Surprisingly, you will learn far more about your own writing by commenting on other people’s writing.
One thing that really annoys me is the number of people trying to make money writing books about writing – it seems that anyone who completes the first draft of a book considers themselves an expert, then writes an ebook to sell to other would be writers. In my humble opinion, most of these books are not worth the money you pay for them. There are a few brilliant exceptions that I have come across and these are featured on the page Great Books For Writers. If you purchase them through this page, I will make a modest commission – Hey, I have to eat too!
My aim, is to make a living selling my fiction writing, not from teaching others how to write, so anything I publish on this site about the art, craft, and business of writing is absolutely free. Check out my ‘Writing Worshop’ blog for more writing idea – all totally free.
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