R J ClarkApr 294 minMaster the art of writing as a practiceTo write every day, or not—that seems to be the question most "writers" ask. The answer to one of the most asked questions in the busines...
R J ClarkDec 13, 20193 minMy Favorite Reads of 2019With just a few weeks left in 2019, I'd like to give a shout-out to a few of my absolute favorite reads of the year (so far) and just rem...
R J ClarkDec 6, 20195 min'Tis the Season... (to forgive all of your non-writing shenanigans)A new year and a new decade are less than a month away! Yeah, I can't fecking believe it, either, but here we are. This is the perfect ti...
R J ClarkNov 8, 20192 minOh, the horror!It's really hard to believe that my debut novel, Far From Grace, is now only eleven months away from publication! People have asked me if...
R J ClarkOct 2, 20191 minRed alert! Official title reveal!This is not a drill! I repeat: THIS IS NOT A DRILL! The time has come to reveal the title of my debut novel. Awww, yeah! Chick a bow wow....
R J ClarkAug 27, 20192 minHey, how you doin'?It's been a bit since I posted a new blog, but things have been anything but uneventful over here! Let's catch up. Shall we? Last year, a...
R J ClarkAug 27, 20191 minWriting Book of the Month: Summer"Have You Eaten Grandma?" by Gyles Brandreth HYEG is a grammar and usage book that's an awful lot of fun to read. It's not very often tha...
R J ClarkFeb 12, 20192 minWriting Book of the Month: February"Dreyer's English" by Benjamin Dreyer Benjamin Dreyer is the executive managing editor and copy chief at Random House, which makes his bo...
R J ClarkJan 15, 20192 minInspiration versus PerspirationArt isn't easy, but is it one part inspiration and ninety-nine parts perspiration, or the other way around? How would you define 'writing...
R J ClarkJan 1, 20191 minSet your 2019 goals now!2019 is now less than four hours away — if you're on the East Coast in the US, like me! Let's put the setbacks and failures of 2018 behin...
R J ClarkDec 31, 20185 min6 things I learned writing my first novelOr, How I Wrote My First Novel Without Losing My Sanity!* (most of my sanity) This year, over the course of four arduous months, I wrote...
R J ClarkDec 27, 20182 minWriting Book of the Month: December"Story Trumps Structure" by Steven James If November's writing book of the month was a gift for the plotters out there, then December's i...
R J ClarkDec 4, 20182 minFavorite bit of writing advice?The work is hard. Let's be honest — it's really hard. How many times have you sat down and toiled away on several pages only to throw the...
R J ClarkNov 15, 20182 minWhat are you willing to give up?Aside from "writer's block," the most cited cause for not writing among writers is... drum roll, please... "I just don't have time to wri...
R J ClarkNov 12, 20182 minWriting Book of the Month: November"Save the Cat! Writes a Novel" by Jessica Brody I will always have a soft-spot for Save the Cat! and the late Blake Snyder. For the unini...
R J ClarkOct 31, 20188 minTRICK: a new 'Halloween' short storyTRICK November 1. 2:38am. Vic spotted the older man first, zeroing in on the limping fellow as their van drove down the deserted Main Str...
R J ClarkOct 31, 20181 min"The Little Things" is now available for free on Amazon for Halloween!Happy Halloween, and happy birthday, Kane! To celebrate Kane's first birthday, you can now read The Little Things: a tiny terror for free...
R J ClarkOct 30, 20182 minHalloween special! Ready to meet the man called Kane?Kane was an odd-looking fellow — as tall as Geoff was short, gaunt, with equally long, thin extremities. His skin was almost as creamy wh...
R J ClarkOct 29, 20182 minWriting Book of the Month: October"On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft" by Stephen King Let me preface this review by saying I love Stephen King. Like so many others, he is ...
R J ClarkOct 29, 20181 minYou can call me 'Belle'I completed the second draft of my debut novel "The Belles of St. Mary's" over the weekend. What a rush! Three-hundred and forty-seven pa...