by Ryan Casey | Dec 31, 2013 | Writing Advice
Hello all, I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. We’ve just about finished off all the leftovers, which I do find slightly depressing. Turkey is so much better in the days following Christmas, in my opinion. Ah well. Now’s the time for looking forward....
by Ryan Casey | Dec 27, 2013 | Writing Advice
I wanted to start a little series about writing in 2014, but hell, I’m bored with lazing around already so I figured I’ll start right now. Post one: how us crazy writers find book ideas. You might’ve read a few weeks back that I was taking my blog in...
by Ryan Casey | Nov 19, 2013 | Marketing, Writing Advice
Controversial, against the general opinion posts are really in with me at the moment, right? After last week’s post talking about NaNoWriMo and how best to utilise it (as a motivational springboard to write more rather than a once a year excuse to write), I was...
by Ryan Casey | Jul 17, 2013 | Writing Advice
Note: every writer writes differently. What works for one writer may not work for another. Trust your gut. One of the most common questions I’m asked is how I manage to write so much whilst seemingly also having, y’know, a life. Usually, I find this...
by Ryan Casey | Jul 11, 2013 | Writing Advice
There are a lot of good books on writing and improving craft. There is also a lot of crap. Fortunately, I’ve read quite a lot of books geared towards every aspect of writing, whether it be motivational literature such as defeating procrastination and the myth of...
by Ryan Casey | Jun 13, 2013 | Writing Advice
One of the main disadvantages of being a writer is that there are only so many stories we can write. This knowledge is highly frustrating. Taking a glance at my Notes app, I have enough ideas lined up to last me a career, yet I know I’ll probably only work on...