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by Word Alive Press
Isn’t it strange the way we wait until January 1 to make resolutions for the new year? I suppose it makes sense to try losing weight after the ho...
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by Word Alive Press
Word Alive Press is in the business of publishing words—many, many words—and these words are used to communicate a huge variety of stories, thou...
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by Word Alive Press
One of the most common types of books undertaken by inexperienced authors, or first-time authors, is the memoir. Memoirs are an excellent starti...
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by Word Alive Press
When writers finish their first drafts, they often face one of two kinds of temptation. The first temptation is that they want to immediately sho...
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by Word Alive Press
All writers know that feeling of exhilaration that comes on upon typing the last period at the end of a book. You get to the last page, the last...
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by Word Alive Press
Most writers don’t just want to write, they want to write well. Sometimes this means writing a sentence, then scrubbing it out and starting again...
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by Word Alive Press
Right now I’m in the process of first-drafting a new book, and for the last month I’ve been in the exciting white-hot creativity phase where I’m ...
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by Word Alive Press
A month ago, I started this series talking about the many diverse forms of outlines available to writers, some of which you may find surprising. ...
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by Word Alive Press
Last month, I wrote about whether or not you should outline, and the benefits of either choice. Click here to read it. This month, I want to talk...
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by Word Alive Press
One of the most common questions people ask me has to do with outlining, and whether or not I do it—or rather, whether or not they should do it. ...
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by Word Alive Press
If you cast your mind back to high school science class, you may recognize terms like “the law of conservation of matter/energy/momentum/mass/etc...
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by Word Alive Press
If you’ve spent time on social media in the last few months, or paid close attention to the news, you’ve probably picked up on the meme that 2016...
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