Almost Everything But the Tweet – Conquering Twitter (visual elements)
An analysis of Twitter avatars, backgrounds and Twibbons.
Almost Everything But the Tweet – Conquering Twitter (verbal elements)
More about how to use Twitter as effectively as possible.
Almost Everything But the Tweet – Conquering Twitter (offsite connections)
Off-Twitter applications and sites to help you in managing and improving your Twitter experience.
… And Facebook for All Your Account Settings
… And Facebook for All – Your Account Settings Explained … And Facebook for All – Your Account Settings – in Facebook, how to do you change your account settings? When you pull down on the Account section of Facebook, you see a few choices but they change. Keep in mind that Facebook is continuously testing its […]
Starting a Twitter stream
Starting a Twitter stream How do you go about starting a Twitter stream? Should you plunge right in, or hang back? Your Account You need a name! Let’s say you’ve taken my advice (or decided this on your own), and gone with an account just for writing. If you want a personal account, you make […]
Transitioning from fanfiction
Transitioning from fanfiction If you first wrote in someone else’s universe, and now you want to claim your own, you may be transitioning from fanfiction. Going from fan fiction writing to wholly original writing It’s more than just ‘filing off a few serial numbers’. How writing fanfiction can help you It teaches you how to […]
Scene Setting
Scene Setting Scene setting is important to know. What is Scene Setting? Basic scene setting is a fundamental skill which every writer needs to perfect. Let’s look at some ways to do it. All the old familiar places When your story takes place during the present day, you’re in luck! You can get away without […]
Genre Treatments
Genre Treatments What are genre treatments? Genre Treatments When it comes to genre treatments, do you treat horror, science fiction, and romance all the same way? Or do you just stick to one genre and call it a day? What are Literary Genres? It might help to understand just what literary genres are. Let’s start […]
Self-Review – The Real Hope of the Universe
Review – The Real Hope of the Universe Hope was a huge theme in this book. The Real Hope of the Universe picks where The Real Heart of the Universe left off. As the book to wrap up the trilogy, it had to resolve a number of subplots. So many subplots. Hence the first draft […]
Self-Review – The Real Heart of the Universe
Review – The Real Heart of the Universe The Real Heart of the Universe continues the main story. This sequel to The Real Hub of the Universe brings back Ceilidh O’Malley, Devon Grace, Shannon Duffy, and Jacob Radford, along with the Boston Brahmins in the 1880s. In this, the second novel in the trilogy, Ceilidh […]