Category Writing 101
As an art form, writing has not really grown much over the years. But that does not mean there is no room for change. There are rules to writing, rules that are stifling to being able to take the craft… Continue Reading →
My sister was the one who told me that the English I write are too simple. She’s used to needing a dictionary to get through most of the more ‘serious’ novels she reads. These are usually the genres outside of… Continue Reading →
Any person working in the arts can tell you, the hardest thing to sell is exposure. Personally, I prefer the phrase, “You can’t eat exposure”. But that’s what many “publishers” offer, and even as recently as last week, I have… Continue Reading →
So, you might be wondering, “Aden! Where have you been? We haven’t heard anything from you in a while. We thought suicide has finally gotten to you!” First of all, suicide is always with me. He’s like this room-mate. We’re… Continue Reading →
Recently, Kathy Joy, author of Lexus, wrote reviews for The Chronicles of Tearha: Keep Walking and Ryan Watt’s Flocked. The fair and well written reviews came at a chanced time since I had been planning on writing a post on reviews… Continue Reading →
I like writing characters that spans multiple stories. It’s the actual job of world building, with the understanding that each lore and history of the world is an individual story in itself. In the 139 Trilogy, many characters cross from one… Continue Reading →
You want to start writing a story, so you immediately start on it. You put words on a page and the story flows. At least, until you get to a point where you need to explain what is happening. This… Continue Reading →
Recently, on Twitter, I randomly asked a question of curiosity to my fellow serial writers. What’s your word count per chapter? It led to quite an interesting discussion, and I ended up inspired to write a post about the subject…. Continue Reading →
(Warning: Language and hardcore de-motivation and motivation. Not for the weak of will.) A close friend of mine is giving himself 6 months to try to break into the writing industry. Clean slate, just like what I’ve been trying to… Continue Reading →