by James Osiris Baldwin | News, Writer Chat
At the recent (fabulous) 20 Books to 50K Conference in Las Vegas last weekend, one of the speakers challenged the 450-odd authors there to think of something they could contribute to benefit their peers. It occurred to me that there is something, as an artist, that I...
by James Osiris Baldwin | Uncategorized, Writer Chat
Start and end your chapters with suspense Chapters – sometimes as small as a single scene, or as long as a third of a book – are an integral part of the novel format and an important tool in the hands of a writer. A chapter acts like a brief...
by James Osiris Baldwin | News, Writer Chat
I used to work in security. One of the guys I worked with was this huge Russian bouncer guy: nearly seven feet of muscle-gut and bald head, tattoos on his hands, gold tooth. You know the guy I’m talking about, don’t you? Without needing to say much at all,...
by James Osiris Baldwin | News, Writer Chat
With NaNoWriMo on the horizon, many bright-eyed, bushy-tailed young things are planning to write their books – as well as wondering how they’re going to write them. So, what is the best software to write a novel on? What writing software do published authors...
by James Osiris Baldwin | News, Writer Chat
Fear is not something often talked about in conjunction with writing. But after receiving (yet another) partial manuscript request from an agent today, fear is very much at the forefront of my mind. When I was starting out writing, I was always hysterically happy...
