An awesome 50 word piece by In Noir Velvet.
Category: writing
Misogynistic Stereotypes You Find in Romance Novels
Seriously ladies, why do you read this crap?
On Cliche
We are all writing tropes and cliches. We can only try to write it in our own way.
The 30K Block
You tend to hit a wall at 30K words, or about half the length of your book, for a reason.
Prose You Love to Hate
You throw out a book , then later realize you have to learn from it.
Perversity in Fiction
In recent fiction, perversity rarely takes center stage, but it was not always this way.
When It’s Gotta Be William Shatner.
If a script is tailored to a certain actor, it is doomed to fail. Or is it?
Earthquakes and Literature
We are sometimes reminded of one of the origins of Japanese culture when the ground starts shaking.
Hunting and Writing
Writing is ultimately a hunt for your own soul.
More Thoughts on Voice
If my voice is condensing into a style through the years, I will sooner or later have to make peace with it
Samurai Novelist 