A New Thing About New Things
I’ve never been good at promoting myself on social media. I don’t have a strong urge to spam feeds with links to every story I write or share updates about … Continue readingA New Thing About New Things
Category: About writing
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Brevity, Word Choices & Bust My Buffers
Sometimes I like to set myself the challenge of writing about a specific theme with a fixed word count. Just as an exercise in writing, because no matter how silly … Continue readingBrevity, Word Choices & Bust My Buffers
Haiku Word Choices
This post is going to start by stating the obvious: word choice is important for all writing. But it could be argued that the shorter the piece, the more precise … Continue readingHaiku Word Choices
“First Fridays” Travel Writing Clinic
In 2022, I ran a bunch of online travel writing mentoring sessions, primarily to raise a little money for humanitarian efforts in the Ukraine but also to support writers at … Continue reading“First Fridays” Travel Writing Clinic
The business of being a freelance writer in Japan, part 2
And here is the second installment of notes from my presentation for the Society of Writers, Editors and Translators on the business side of being a freelance writer in Japan (the first … Continue readingThe business of being a freelance writer in Japan, part 2
The business of being a freelance writer in Japan, part 1
[Updated March 2022] From time to time, new writers and students get in touch to ask for advice about becoming a writer, so I thought I’d post my notes from … Continue readingThe business of being a freelance writer in Japan, part 1
More micro fiction – five new stories
A month or so ago, I posted something about micro fiction and why I’ve found myself drawn to writing it. Call this an update of sorts to share the following handful … Continue readingMore micro fiction – five new stories
Assignment red flags and sniffing out potential deadbeats
Recently, I ditched an occasional client in relation to copyright infringement of my work. The details aren’t important here, but it did make me realize how fortunate I’ve been to … Continue readingAssignment red flags and sniffing out potential deadbeats
On Micro Fiction
Over the last couple of years I’ve been trying to work out how to write good short fiction – mostly in the 1,000-word (or thereabouts) “flash fiction” category – with … Continue readingOn Micro Fiction