writing

The Value Of Original Content

This entry is part of a series, No BS Blogging» If you’ve been looking into the Internet marketing or blog scene for any time at all you will have heard the saying; “Content is King.” It’s used day in and day out by every A-List blogger and marketing specialist. Every Internet marketing manual has [...]

The End!

Today is a bittersweet thing.  I finished my manuscript and it is now of to the editors…  Writing the last few words was nice.. It was wonderful!  But now that it’s over I feel somehow lost.  Like there’s something I should be doing. Something that I’ve forgotten.
For now I’m just celebrating a little.  It’s Done!  [...]

The last chapter drags on…

Why is the last chapter of a book so hard to write?  Most of the rest of the manuscript came together in just about two weeks total, but finishing this thing is like pulling teeth from a chicken.  I just can’t get those last few hundred words to roll off the keyboard.
Maybe it’s the fear [...]

The last chapter?

Still plugging away at my manuscript for the No BullS**t Guide to better blogging and am currently on the last chapter… I think.
Unfortunately, I’m not a structured writer.  I’m what’s known as a “Pantser.”  I don’t outline and I don’t really know where my writing will take me until I get there.  “Done” happens when [...]

All work and no play makes Jerry…. Exhausted!

While the lack of posts here may put the title of this post in a somewhat questionable light, rest assured that I have been working very hard since my last couple of posts. First and foremost, I’ve been working as full-time father to a very active three year old.  This change in job description has [...]