A few of these useful writer links and blog posts are old now but the info and advice is timeless.
20 Common Grammar Mistakes That (Almost) Everyone Makes – at Litreactor.
Author Joanne Hall blogged about creative writing walls, those moments during a first draft that many authors hit and strangely they seem to hit these walls at similar times during the writing process. Read Another Brick in the Wall.
One of my favourite author blogs for many years is Rahul Kanakia’s The War On Loneliness. I am drawn to how open and honest Rahul is about creative struggles. If anyone ever says to you that writing is a cop-out profession, kindly point them to Rahul’s site.
7 Grammatical Errors That Aren’t – from Daily Writing Tips. Breaking rules is fun, especially when the rules aren’t really rules.
25+ Pieces of Writing Software You Should Know About – Again from Daily Writing Tips.
My friend Yvonne linked me to this. Stephen King once spoke about a number of topics at UMass Lowell, including how he turns an idea into a story, writing screenplays, reading books twice, Randall Flagg (who is always around), creating characters, 50 Shades of Grey and how (some) readers (sometimes) don’t challenge themselves enough, and Lovecraft. Even if you’re not into King, it’s a nifty glimpse into his writing life. I wish he’d had more time to chat. Watch it on youtube here.
And I have watched this many times over the years, and it never fails to give me hope. An Evening With Ray Bradbury (2001), which I highly recommend even if you haven’t read much (or any) of his stuff. Even if you have and you’re not particularly fond of it, the advice in this interview is still relevant to you if you’re a writer. It’s free to view in full on YouTube, the whole glorious hour of it. What a charming, funny and intelligent man he was.
“You must write every single day of your life… You must lurk in libraries and climb the stacks like ladders to sniff books like perfumes and wear books like hats upon your crazy heads… may you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.” –Ray Bradbury
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