About Daniel Howard

How to FINISH Your First Novel: Plan It Out

by Daniel Howard | Oct 30, 2017 | How to FINISH Your First Novel

I’ve known lots of folks who started novels (or screenplays, memoirs, or nonfiction book). As you can imagine from my over-arching missions here, not many of them finish. They all had passion, great ideas, and all the necessary skills to write something…...

How to FINISH Your First Novel: Manage Your Expectations

by Daniel Howard | Aug 29, 2017 | How to FINISH Your First Novel

You’ve got an idea for a novel, I know that. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be here. And it’s going to be big. It’s going to be Harry Potter all over again. It’s going to be Twilight, Fifty Shades of Grey, and The DaVinci Code all rolled into...

Trigger Warning: This Is About Trigger Warnings

by Daniel Howard | Aug 16, 2017 | Opinion

So I recently gave my first trigger warning to someone interested in Taken in the Dark of Night. For context, this was a writer I’ve spoken to on Twitter who expressed interest in supporting my work by buying a copy of the book. I was flattered and pleased to...

4 Amazing Writing Tools (That I Actually Use)

by Daniel Howard | Aug 2, 2017 | How to FINISH Your First Novel, Pretentious Sh*t

Full disclosure: I’ve totally sold out to the man. Please assume that any product links here are affiliate links (i.e. I get a commission for referring people). While this will not affect the price in any way for you, if me making a few bucks offends you then I...

Pretentious Sh*t That Works: Coffee

by Daniel Howard | Jul 26, 2017 | Pretentious Sh*t

So in my list of Pretentious Sh*t That Works, there is little that is as cliche – or as essential – as my favorite socially acceptable chemical dependency: coffee. There’s a lot to love about this magical, bitter beverage. It’s cheap, abundant,...