by jamesyoung | Feb 22, 2017 | Writing Business
This blog was inspired by a recent column on FB and author posts. I’ll be honest–I thought the author was a little too self-reverential at times, but the basic underpinnings were sound. In this blog post I’ll amplify some of his points: Word count...
by jamesyoung | Sep 10, 2016 | Writing Business
I got asked to do a guest blog by Cedar Sanderson for her website. After reading it, she decided to promote this to The Mad Genius Club, where it is now crossposted. So, without further ado: Lines of Departure This blog post actually got started in a...
by jamesyoung | Aug 31, 2016 | Random Confession
S0 on FB there’s always these “lists” that are bouncing around. Given I did one of them, I thought it’d be funny to go back and see how the answers changed and provide a little commentary. 1.) I was a German citizen for over 17 years. Still...
by jamesyoung | Aug 26, 2016 | Writing Business
My muses are annoying. They like to do things like wait until I’m sleeping, then prod me: “Hey! Hey! We know you want to go to sleep, but we just came up with this neat idea!” “Freakin” Muses! What?!” “What if Batman and...
by jamesyoung | Aug 21, 2016 | Con(vention) Life, Writing Business
Susanne Lambdin and I do a regular panel we call “Strategy and Tactics of Novel Writing.” Inevitably we figure some poor sods come in thinking we’re going to talk military stuff. For you folks, we are sorry. For everyone else, don’t be...
