Confessions of a Pantser
For anyone unfamiliar with writerly jargon, there's often said to be a divide between 'plotters' and 'pantsers'. Plotting or 'outlining'...
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jonsparks3
- Jun 14
- 8 min
"Write what you know"?
"Write what you know." Along with "show, don't tell," it's one of the most frequently repeated pieces of writing advice. And, in both...
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jonsparks3
- Jun 12
- 8 min
Reading and Me: Non-fiction
Looking back, I've published far more non-fiction than fiction. I'm busily trying to redress that balance, but that doesn't mean I regret...
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jonsparks3
- Mar 31
- 12 min
Reading and Me
It's often said that every writer starts out as a reader—and presumably continues to be one. I know that's true for me. From time to time...
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jonsparks3
- Feb 23
- 3 min
A Long Road (Part 2)
As I related in Part 1, Three Kinds of North, and the whole Shattered Moon series, have been a long time in the making. Today I'm...
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jonsparks3
- Feb 20
- 5 min
A Long Road (Part 1)
"It's been a long road/Gettin' from there to here/It's been a long time/But my time is finally near" Free copy of the print version of...
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jonsparks3
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Cover Stories (Part 2)
The first step was a trawl through my image collection: 30,000-plus photos to look at, though nearly all could be dismissed in a fraction...
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jonsparks3
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Cover Stories (Part 1)
I've looked at lots of advice on self-publishing, and the universal refrain when it comes to cover design is ‘make your cover fit your...
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jonsparks3
- Feb 20
- 2 min
Tweaking the Limits of Genre
Everyone from literary agents to Amazon algorithms seems to like books to clearly match a specific genre. They're easier to market, but...
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