Who Loves Tom Swift?
No, Tom Swift is not a person. A Tom Swifty is a phrase in which a quoted sentence is linked …
Category Archives: Writing
Common Fiction Writing Mistakes
I came across a nice thread on Quora (here and here) about common mistakes in fiction. I am sharing here …
Lost in Translation
Atlas Obscura recently had published an interesting article on mistranslation—specifically, menu ones. Emily Monaco, a culinary translator, was explaining how …
Free Writing Course by Rayne Hall
You may recall how I recently followed a great workshop by Rayne Hall organized by OIRWA. Now, Rayne is offering …
Writing Interactive Fiction
A couple of years ago I wrote about the Choose Your Own Adventure books. In the books—for those not familiar …
5 Dramatic Techniques to Transform Your Writing
ALLi, the Alliance of Independent Authors, recently published a post on dramatic techniques by Jules Horne, author of Dramatic Techniques …
Well-crafted “Mary Sue”/”Gary Stu” Characters
There is a fascinating discussion right now on Quora on Mary Sue/Gary Stu characters. People argue in favor and against …
OIRWA 2020 Workshops
Last week, I started attending Creating Great Villians, a great workshop on villains from OIRWA – the Outreach International Romance …
How I Became a Freelance Writer
When I wrote in my last post about the Evolution of Blogging, I didn’t expect so many people to contact …
Subject-Verb Agreement
The other day, I was writing an answer in Quora. “Vitamins are essential for our body,” I wanted to say. …
