Category: Writing articles
Articles about writing, including writing techniques, use of English, grammar and spelling,
Choosing a road name in American civil war era Virginia
Selecting a name for a road or street in Virginia during the American civil war created a…
Writing description by using an image in your word processor
This is a pretty good system for writing description if you’re trying to describe something but aren’t…
Writing character description: introducing a character by name
This is a pretty good way of writing character description, or more specifically introducing a character by…
Writing description: the Confederate Secret Service
I’ve encountered a problem when describing the Confederate Secret Service in the American Civil War novel which…
Writing description: Yankee or Union?
It’s interesting how description can determine what a character is like, what his attitude is, as I…
Writing description versus action
I’m not quite sure whether I’ve written too much description in this scene from a novel which…
My writing a historical novel experience #1
One thing I’ve discovered since I started to write a historical novel is that it’s very easy…
My cheap book cover design for self publishing experience part 2.
I finished up designing my own book cover, as well as using a cheap book cover designer….
My cheap book cover design for self publishing experience part 1
Do you really have to have a good book cover for your novel? Or could you still…
Writing with smart quotes aka curly quotes
I think that my quest for a free Linux and Windows word processor that can create smart…
