25 Writing & Life Tips For Novelists

1 Write every day. 2 Do not write tomorrow what you can write today. 3 Write as often and as much as you can. Write even when you do not want to. Do not wait for inspiration. As Jack London put it, go after it with a club. 4 Have a daily word count. 5 … Continue reading 25 Writing & Life Tips For Novelists

The Writing Hours

I think that to become a good writer it's important to write not only when the literary mood strikes you, but every day. Discipline is crucial, especially when it comes to writing a novel, which requires much editing and rewriting, both painstaking tasks. I work on Oliver Colors' biography in the morning, just after I … Continue reading The Writing Hours

Grandparents Don’t Die When They Should, But When They Can

My grandmother has terminal stage lung cancer and she will die in a month or two. She won’t live to see the biography of Oliver Colors published. Should I blame myself, or should I blame her? What worries me now is the thought that I might not cry at her funeral. I love my grandmother. … Continue reading Grandparents Don’t Die When They Should, But When They Can