Blargle Splect: Writerly Musings & Blather

Featuring information for independent authors looking for guidance on marketing, editing and publishing their works; including tips on how best to use free resources and maintain motivation as you take your writing from hobby to profession.

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      • Eldritch Elysium Series
        • Book 1: Ash of Ambitions
        • Book 2: Toxic Ash
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        • Book 1: The Uncertainty of Death
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  • Naming Names

    I don’t know about the rest of you but I love a good name. Fanciful ones, really apt ones, names that sneak up with new meaning later on in the tale – I love a good name. Which means I’m also certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that I almost always fail at finding…

    Y. K. Greene

    June 28, 2011
    Living the Writing Life, Telling the tale
    naming, writing tips
  • The 3R’s: Writing, Reading and Arithmetic Part 2 of 2

    Reading Remember reading? The joys of curling up with a good book, transported to lands and times beyond yourself, in the company of heroes and villains that thrilled and confounded you at every turn? Sometimes I miss it. I’m not entirely sure when it happened but the way I read changed over time. Worlds become…

    Y. K. Greene

    June 23, 2011
    Living the Writing Life
    basics, writing life tips
  • The 3R’s: Writing, Reading & Arithmetic Part 1 of 2

    Remember way back in the day when the rules of education were as simple as the three R’s? When just being well versed in the basics of Writing, Reading and Arithmetic were more than enough to prepare you for a lifetime as a responsible adult (whatever that is) and productive member of society? Things have…

    Y. K. Greene

    June 21, 2011
    Living the Writing Life
    basics, writing tips
  • Rock, Hill, My Poor Back!

    So I’ve done it. I’m a writer! Except I don’t make any money (I really need to change that) not many people are reading my book (I’ve got to fix that) and somewhere in the midst of all that I have to find time to write even more and improve my craft. Why hello giant…

    Y. K. Greene

    June 16, 2011
    Backend, Goals, Living the Writing Life, Progress
    backend bs, blah blah, marketing, writing
  • Scheduling

    One of the first things I learned when I sat down to write my first novel was, scheduling is a bitch. Finding time to write in, even when you’re ‘unemployed’ isn’t as easy as it sounds. You really think you’ll just casually roll up to the computer at some point in the day and start…

    Y. K. Greene

    June 14, 2011
    Living the Writing Life
    scheduling
  • Muse Food

    Muses are fickle fey things, apt to hop out of the car right when your pants are off and all the blood is flowing downhill. Inconvenient. Vexing. Vital. So what can we do to keep these lovely creative lubricants around all the way to the finish? Turns out, there’s actually quite a lot. First is…

    Y. K. Greene

    June 9, 2011
    Living the Writing Life
    double entendre bullshit, muse, writing tips
  • I’m On Vacation!

    Writer’s write. Yeah, yeah, you’ve heard it about a million times before. It’s still true. Here’s the thing no one tells you about this particular truism – writer’s write, even when they don’t want to. Right now I’m supposed to be on a much needed ‘break’ or even ‘vacation,’ time for me to do about…

    Y. K. Greene

    June 7, 2011
    Goals, Living the Writing Life, Progress
    on vacation, writing tip
  • Blog Pussycat, Blog, Blog!

    Hey there bloggers, writers, the crickets that I’m going to go ahead and pretend is the sound of an expectant audience hanging on my every word, blogging is difficult. Not so much figuring out what you have to say and then saying it, a basic level fencepost gossip can do as much. No, it’s the…

    Y. K. Greene

    May 31, 2011
    Blogging Tips, Living the Writing Life
    analytics, blogging, controversy, keep blogging stupid
  • Congratulations!

    Congratulations to the winners of the “Family Picnic” giveaway! I hope everyone enjoys their prize enough to leave a review and for those that didn’t enter and win there’s always next time!

    Y. K. Greene

    May 30, 2011
    Uncategorized
  • Tags, Categories & Why You Should Use Them!

    Today I’m going to be helpful and explain what tags and categories are and why you should be using them on your blogs. Any blogs, all blogs, for the LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY AND GOOD IN THE WORLD USE THEM! *pant pant* You see, tags and categories do you and your readers a…

    Y. K. Greene

    May 27, 2011
    Blogging Tips
    blogging tips, categories, tags, writing
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