by Daniel Howard | Jun 21, 2017 | How to FINISH Your First Novel
This article is part of my series How to FINISH Your First Novel. They are the basis of a book by the same name, which will include expanded versions of the blog posts along with contributions from fellow writers. So if you have something you’d like to add to...
by Daniel Howard | Apr 17, 2017 | Pretentious Sh*t
Is there anything more cliche than a traveling writer? (There might be, but I may just explode if I try to write it down.) Yet, long after it has ceased to be original, the trope of the traveling writer remains. Why? Well, the trope likely began when writing was a...
by Daniel Howard | Jan 1, 2017 | How to FINISH Your First Novel
This article is part of my series How to FINISH Your First Novel. They are the basis of a book by the same name, which will include expanded versions of the blog posts along with contributions from fellow writers. So if you have something you’d like to add to...
by Daniel Howard | Dec 20, 2016 | Pretentious Sh*t
There is no way I would have finished my first novella without my dog. Sure, that looks a bit ridiculous, even to me as I write it, but that doesn’t make the fact any less true that there is no way I could have developed as a writer the way I have without the furry...
by Daniel Howard | Nov 26, 2016 | Opinion
In the last month or so, I’ve tried several times to write my response to recent world events, particularly the back-sliding of Western countries into older models of nationalism and selfishness. My misgivings have been slowly brewing as I’ve read about...
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