North Texas Writers Collective
Write Here, Write Now
Part 1: Indie Versus Trad Publishing Welcome to the first installment of what will no doubt be a grueling journey of self-discovery, self-loathing, and self-realization – or, maybe, you know, just figuring out how to build a decent business as a writer. From this series, you can expect more than the average number of curse…
Rook Riley Ah, the mystical world of writing rituals! As if the process of putting words on paper wasn’t already daunting enough, here comes the magical solution: establish a writing ritual. According to popular belief, this ritual will transform you from a mere mortal with a pen into a literary deity. It’s as if the…
by Bill McCurry Writing brings out the mental illness in me. My wife can testify to this. I’m in control of my behavior almost all the time. As Mark Twain said, “For business reasons, I must preserve the outward signs of sanity.” If I wake up to find my brain mired like a mammoth in…
So, what you have to do here is… sit down and write. Okay, that’s obvious, right? That’s how writing happens: the idea occurs, you pop open the word processor, wiggle your fingers, and then the words appear. So easy! (I can hear every single writer out there groaning and rolling their eyes right now.) The…