by Brian Crawford | May 31, 2014 | writing
It’s time to edit my book. Editing is tough. When you’re initially writing your manuscript, people will tell you, “Just write. Don’t worry if you write garbage. Just get words down on paper. That’s what’s important right now. You...
by Brian Crawford | Jan 13, 2014 | writing
by Brian Crawford | Mar 8, 2013 | writing
For the past two weeks I’ve been subscribed to BookBub, a free service that delivers daily deals on digital books for the Kindle and Nook on Amazon. I’ve been enjoying the service so far. One thing I’ve noticed – and I’m not sure if this...
by Brian Crawford | Nov 12, 2010 | writing
Last night I went to the local Barnes & Noble to meet up with a group of local writers here in Charleston, South Carolina. It’s November, and this month as is every November is NaNoWriMo, the National Novel Writing Month. The goal of NaNoWriMo is to...
by Brian Crawford | Oct 2, 2010 | writing
There are two polarized schools of thought when it comes to writing novels. School of thought number one’s followers believe that you should plan out every single facet of your novel, create a detailed timeline, draft incredibly vivid character outlines, and...
by Brian Crawford | Oct 1, 2010 | writing
Writing is a lot like tennis. Actually, writing is not much like tennis at all, except for the part where you can’t get good at tennis unless you play tennis, and you can’t get good at writing unless you practice writing! I don’t know many people who...