If you’re a writer, or know a writer of short fiction, you must check this out. It’s called Read the Shorts. Quoting from the website’s About Us page: ReadtheShorts.com is dedicated to connecting aspiring writers to avid readers. Tired of the publishing game, with queries and rejections, we make sure your beloved story never ends […]
Author Archives: J.R. Pearse Nelson
May Goal Update
As of today, I’ve written 6,924 words toward my May goal of 30,000. I’m shooting for 1,000 words a day, so I’m a bit behind the pace I need to maintain to reach 30,000 this month. However, I’ve started eight out of 24 chapters, and completed the draft of several. That’s not bad. I might […]
May Goal
Have you heard of NaNoWriMo? In November, a whole lot of crazies from around the globe attempt to write a novel within the confines of a calendar month. (National Novel Writing Month = NaNoWriMo.) The goal is 50,000 words in 30 days; a brutal pace to keep for an entire month. You learn a lot […]
Self-Publishing Excitement!
For anyone tracking the self-publishing revolution, this is an exciting time! I thought that last month, but I swear, things just keep getting better. Virtually every day I find another self-published author online realizing their dream of sharing their fiction, and even selling their work! Here are a couple of resources I’m keeping track of […]
More About Me
Confession: I want it all. I have a beautiful family, a husband and two small daughters, as well as the family dog. I have a successful career and the blessing of enjoying my day job. I’m interested in politics and world events. (And it could be a full-time job keeping up with developments in that […]
Why Blog?
This is my first venture into the blogging world… so why pursue a blog about writing when I have yet to release any fiction of my own? Any writers out there know that writing, editing and releasing your fiction is a ton of work. Most of the time it’s fun, but sometimes it’s tedious and […]
