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?”
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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”
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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)”
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Posted on February 26, 2021 by Aeryn Rudel
One of my favorite books about the craft is Stephen King’s On Writing. It’s chocked full of interesting anecdotes and useful tidbits about King’s approach to the written word (definitely check it out if you haven’t already). Much of that book has stuck with… Continue Reading “Write What You Know: I Just Work Here”
Category: Dubious Writing AdviceTags: Aeryn Rudel, authors, Flash Fiction, Rejectomancy, Writing, writing tips