In various Facebook writing groups, I’ve seen people ask several times why non-native English speakers decide to use it as their fiction language of choice.
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Purple Prose Cause #3: The Author’s own Amusement Gets in the Way
This is the third installment in my series about purple prose and strategies for editing it out of your writing. You can read this one
Purple Prose Cause #2: Over-application of World-building and Scene-setting
This is the second installment of a series on the causes and fixes for purple prose. If you missed the first post, it’ll help if
Goals That Work: Hitting a Moving Target
If you haven’t read them yet, check out the other posts in the series. In addition to writing novels, I am always looking for guest
Goals that Work: Breaking it all Down
In my last post, I introduced you to what I lovingly call the “All the Things” method of time management and goal setting. If you
Goals that Work: Homework You Assign Yourself
I know for many, the “h” word is probably a dirty one. Maybe you had a terrible fourth grade teacher who tortured you with busy
