Month: August 2012

• You Know You’ve Hit A Wall When…

  I know I’ve not just hit a wall – but put my damn fool head through the thing when I find myself turning to facebook and twitter. Two bits of social media I avoid like bill collectors on any constructive writing day, I find both sites to be huge time sinks, but when I’m having…

  Y. K. Greene

  August 30, 2012

  Goals, Living the Writing Life, Progress

  blah blah, blathering bs, exuses exuses exuses

• 5 Things I Miss From My Pre-novel Life

  Every day is an adventure as a novelist and I’m completely in love with it – but every now and again something tugs at my heart strings and reminds me there are things I miss about NOT being a novelist. There aren’t many things, which is why this list is so short, but they are…

  Y. K. Greene

  August 21, 2012

  Living the Writing Life

  fun, list, random

• Book Review: William Strunk Jr. &E.B. White’s “The Elements of Style”

  So I’ve realized that there’s a pretty big desire amongst my readers for more reviews of skill books. I’ve got quite a few of these books on the shelves, some I’ve read from cover to cover over and over again, some led me down a bad path and a very, very few have been both…

  Y. K. Greene

  August 14, 2012

  Backend, Books, Goals, Living the Writing Life

  Book Reviews, Editing, editing tips, Revision, writing tips

• Permission to Write Poorly What It Is & Is Not

  By this point I’ve probably said it before and even if I haven’t, in your quest to become better writers I’m sure you’ve seen it. The phrase “give yourself permission to write poorly” goes hand in hand with the only rule being a writer really has: write every day.

  Y. K. Greene

  August 7, 2012

  Goals, Living the Writing Life, Progress

  writing tips