Bad Advice for Writers! NaNoWriMo edition

Note: this article appeared previously in the Huffington Post, and is obviously meant for October-November, but I’m reposting it now instead because blah blah blah reasons. We at Bad Advice for Writers have thus far only concentrated on the act of writing, ignoring important things to like how to behave like a writer and the importance of…

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Introducing Bad Advice for Writers!

Note: This article originally appeared at The Huffington Post.  Over the coming months I will be reposting certain pieces here, on my own site, because HuffPo already gets enough traffic.  My apologies if you’ve read this before, unless you didn’t know I wrote it, in which case: I did!  Tell your friends.   Greetings from…

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It's time for more Bad Advice for Writers

I have a new article up at the Huffington Post this evening.  I actually sent this in on Friday, and I’ll be honest, I wasn’t sure they’d take it.  The piece I’m making fun of was also a Huffington Post article, you see.  Kudos to them, then.  Unless they don’t realize I’m making fun of…

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Bad Advice for Writers returns with a NaNoWriMo edition

Advice for the new novelist A new column full of Bad Advice is up now at Huffington Post. Whenever you see a negative review that makes you say to yourself, “I should reach out to this person, perhaps in a borderline illegal fashion,” by all means do so. Find out where they live if you…

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