Posted on March 30, 2023 by Aeryn Rudel
I’ve done a pretty exhaustive series of posts on my writing style and how it developed, but as I was working on a freelance piece recently, it occurred to me that I have three different styles I use on a regular basis. I thought… Continue Reading “One Author, Three Styles”
Category: Dubious Writing Advice, My WorkTags: Aeryn Rudel, authors, Fantasy, privateer press, Steampunk, Writing, writing tips
Posted on December 22, 2022 by Aeryn Rudel
As a writer, you hear the terms criticism and feedback a lot. The first carries a (sometimes undeserved) negative connotation, the other, a more positive and constructive one. The truth is, feedback and criticism are both necessary and helpful to a writer, as long… Continue Reading “Which Is It? Criticism or Feedback?”
Category: Dubious Writing AdviceTags: Aeryn Rudel, authors, Rejectomancy, Writing, writing tips
Posted on November 18, 2022 by Aeryn Rudel
I think it is important for a writer to have a brand to some extent, so they can more effectively and precisely market to potential readers. This doesn’t mean an author can’t stray from that brand a bit, but if it gets too… Continue Reading “Writerly Wonderings: What’s My Brand?”
Category: My WorkTags: Aeryn Rudel, authors, books, Rejectomancy, Submissions, Writing, writing tips
Posted on November 11, 2022 by Aeryn Rudel
This is the third post I’ve done about my ever-changing author bio. The last post was in 2020, and a lot has changed in the intervening two years. So, I find myself once again in need of a new bio. In this post, we’ll… Continue Reading “Evolution of an Author Bio III”
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Posted on October 17, 2022 by Aeryn Rudel
I recently had a novella published by Grinning Skull Press called Effectively Wild, and I’m currently writing a follow-up novella. I’ve also written novellas for Privateer Press in their steampunk fantasy setting of the Iron Kingdoms. Since I’m focused on novellas right now, I… Continue Reading “Novellas by the Numbers”
Category: Dubious Writing Advice, My WorkTags: authors, Effectively Wild, Horror, Novella, Writing, writing tips
Posted on October 15, 2022 by Aeryn Rudel
Today, my baseball horror novella Effectively Wild launches in print and e-book. Be a friend, and head on over to Amazon or your online book retailer of choice and grab a copy. Okay, now let’s have a little fun. While you don’t need to be a… Continue Reading “Effectively Wild Launch Day & Other Weird Baseball Stuff”
Category: My WorkTags: Aeryn Rudel, authors, baseball, books, Effectively Wild, Horror, Novella
Posted on May 20, 2022 by Aeryn Rudel
How long should it take you to write the first draft of a novel? There’s no right answer, really, but as both a writer of novels and a former editor of authors who write novels, I’ve identified three categories that most writers fall into… Continue Reading “First Draft Finish Line: What’s Your Speed?”
Category: Dubious Writing AdviceTags: Aeryn Rudel, authors, books, Novels, writing tips
Posted on April 21, 2022 by Aeryn Rudel
So, recently, I returned to a novel I abandoned about four years ago. It’s tentatively titled Hell’s Aquarium, and I wrote 35,000 words, essentially the first act, got spooked by the research I needed to do, and moved on to other projects. I’ve since… Continue Reading “Three Steps for Novel Reclamation”
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Posted on February 17, 2022 by Aeryn Rudel
When you’ve collected as many rejections as I have, you read A LOT of editor and first-reader feedback. I’m never one to put much stock in isolated feedback from a single source, but when you do this long enough, you start to see some… Continue Reading “What Are They Saying: Analyzing My Editorial Feedback”
Category: Dubious Writing AdviceTags: Aeryn Rudel, authors, Novels, Rejectomancy, Writing, writing tips
Posted on February 9, 2022 by Aeryn Rudel
Looking back over my published credits, there’s one that sticks out, a bittersweet entry in my 15-plus years of professional writing. It’s the final article I published with Wizards of the Coast for Dungeons & Dragons, and it happened in September of 2013, in… Continue Reading “Aeryn’s Archives: Dragon #427 (My D&D Swansong)”
Category: Aeryn's Archives, My WorkTags: Aeryn Rudel, authors, Dungeons & Dragons, RPG, Writing, writing tips