Interview With a Superstar Writing Mentor — Randy Ingermanson

Part 1 of a 2-part interview.  Because it’s, like, long. (Click HERE to go to Part 2.  Backwards is good sometimes.) If you haven’t heard of Randy Ingermanson, then chances are you’ve at least heard of his book, “Writing Fiction for Dummies.” Over two years later and it’s still in the #1 bestselling spot on […]

Monday Musings and Mundane Morning Munchies

My First Video Interview This is pretty cool.  My friend Joanna Penn, who runs The Creative Penn (a Top-1o writing website), has created a video in which she interviews me about my new book, the pain of writing (it’s optional), what’s formulaic and what’s not, and some other cool stuff.   Including my gesticulating too much […]

Six Core Analogies for the Six Core Competencies

We get stuff stuck in our heads.  One way to get the wrong stuff unstuck and the right stuff successfully installed is to experience the learning – the truth – in different ways. Some refer to these different ways as learning styles.  Cognitive.  Kinesthetic.  Active.  Inactive.  Two-by-four to the skull. It’s all good if it […]

Top Ten Tuesdays — Please Welcome Therese Walsh of Writerunboxed.com

Welcome to  Top Ten Tuesdays, a series of guest blogs by winners of the “Top Ten Blogs for Writers” contest hosted at Writetodone.com.  Can Editing Be Fun? Maybe. a guest post by Therese Walsh First, I want to thank Larry for having me today on his fab site. It’s great to be here! When I asked Larry what […]

A Few Great Writing Blogs You Should Check Out. A Few Great Reviews You’ll Find There.

A Few Cool New People in Your Writing Life, Too. First off… please check out my guest post today on Victoria Mixon’s great SITE.  More tough talking truth that will either set your free or piss you off.  Both can be good for the writer in growth mode. If you didn’t catch it, Victoria blessed […]

Top Ten Tuesdays: Please Welcome Victoria Mixon

Welcome to  Top Ten Tuesdays, a series of guest blogs by winners of the “Top Ten Blogs for Writers” contest hosted at Writetodone.com.  Victoria Mixon is a seasoned professional with advice we need to hear, expertise we need to access and hope we need to internalize.  She also has a book out there, well worth the time […]

Writing Analogy, Part 2: How To Cook Up A Tasty Story That Satisfies and Nourishes

Or not.  Sometimes a little junk food is just the ticket. When I began this journey as a writing teacher and now a blogger, and finally as the author of what has been for the last three weeks the #1 bestselling fiction writing book on Amazon.com (if you’ll pardon the plug), I had more than […]

“Top Ten Tuesdays” — An Interview with James Chartrand of Men With Pens

Welcome to  Top Ten Tuesdays, a series featuring winners of the 2010 “Top Ten Blogs for Writers” voting hosted at Writetodone.com. Storyfix is proud to have James Chartrand of Men With Pens with us today.  James is one of the best known and most successful bloggers in the freelance and fiction writing niches, and was there for me as […]

A Whole Truckload of Reasons You Should See “The Adjustment Bureau”

Even if you’ve seen the preview and decided this isn’t your cup of tea.  It’s a high concept story that has traces of, well, some creative and contemporary blending of fantasy, science fiction and The Twilight Zone.  Why should you see this movie?  Because you’re a writer.  That should be reason enough. Because, like a […]

5 Analogies for Writers That Will Keep You Focused and Sane – Part 1

The first in a 5-part series. I discovered the power of a deftly wielded analogy back in the dark ages when I was a minor league baseball player.  A pitcher, to be more precise.  How dark?  Let’s just say I was on a mound in a crumbling old wooden stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia (the […]