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In the summer of 2000, I had this genius REVOLUTIONARY idea… I would put a comic strip on the web! Nobody was doing it (or so I thought) and I’d make a name for myself. Hell, I’d be the next Bill Watterson! I loved comic strips. As a child, I used to get lost in [...] Read more »
We’ve been naughty. We’ve gone back on our word. For that, we’re truly sorry. But there’s nothing to do now except lean away from the monitor and hope you understand. Though we have decisive, exciting plans for the Inkwell, we simply cannot feed them our attention right now. Dave and I are working tirelessly to [...] Read more »
(As Collective Inkwell evolves, we’d like to take an opportunity not only to interview other writers but to also spotlight their work. This is an excerpt from the forthcoming debut book Sugar Milk by Ron Mattocks of Clark Kent’s Lunchbox. Ron is a longtime friend of ours, a great writer, and all around nice guy, [...] Read more »
If you’d like to see me be a big fat crybaby, you can check out my post, “A Promise to My Family,” over at Writer Dad. If you’d like to read some rather vague clues about what’s going on, you can read this week’s “Content Marketer’s Diary” over at Ghostwriter Dad. David and I will [...] Read more »
You can do it. You are an author. You just need to get your book finished and get it out there. However, like all of us, doubt has seeped into the cracks of your foundation. Maybe others have said you couldn’t do it. Perhaps they told you there was no use in trying. Maybe they [...] Read more »
“I’m an author, I don’t need to worry about SEO.” Don’t worry. I used to think the same thing. But if you’re writing online for anything more than a hobby, you do need to worry about SEO, authors included. In case you don’t already know, SEO stands for search engine optimization. You know how Google [...] Read more »
There was once a princess who lived happily ever after. The end. Doesn’t make for much of a story, does it? Yet, some authors are writing stuff just like that. Only they’re taking 400 pages to do it. YAWN. Think about all the great stories you’ve read and the unforgettable movies you‘ve seen. No matter [...] Read more »
You’re finally finished. You can’t believe it’s done. Too many weeks turned into too many months. It took several seasons, seven broken dishes, one bruised knee and two of your oldest child’s baby teeth before you typed the last page. Sweat and soul, blood and bruises; you said you would do it and you did. [...] Read more »
I never would have believed it. But it’s true. Writing with a partner can be magical. At its best, writing with a partner will sharpen the quality of your work and allow you to glide through a manuscript with greater speed. But it will also lead your brain to places it would never have gone [...] Read more »
How would you tie the following 1o words together in a short story? Doughnut Philosophy No-Brainer Apartment Heaven Premiums Trucker Freedom Every other Friday Scaffolding This is what other writers did with the words. If you read either Writer Dad or Blogger Dad, then you’ve probably already read about the Creative Copy Challenge, the latest site to [...] Read more »
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