Blog
This monthly blog is focused on writing craft, publishing, and marketing. See below for information on how to submit a blog for consideration.
AI: How I went from Naysayer to Yaysayer in Four Months
Like many of you, I’ve been dubious about using artificial intelligence (AI), especially for fiction. I felt that avoiding AI was the morally right thing to do since the big players in the AI field committed the original sin of using practically every writer’s work without their permission to...
I am a Genius
I am a Genius. You say, how? Because when I write, when I sit down at a café with paper and pencil or peck away at my computer, I make things up. Only then am I giving myself permission to create characters, whole worlds, or anything that comes to mind. A beach in 1909. A monster wave coming into...
Setting That Works
How Memorable Setting Can Advance Plot, Reveal Character, Echo Theme, and More How do you know how much setting to include? What do you mean by “setting that works?” Two elderly couples are taking a walk, the women in front, the men closely behind. One man says to the other, “We went out to dinner...
How Much Disbelief Should Novelists Suspend?
The novel opens in the kitchen of a New York City tenement. The husband has returned after an exhausting day manning a newsstand in frenetic Penn Station expecting to decompress first with a cold beer and then a homecooked meal. Instead, he finds his wife seated at the kitchen table, eyes fixed on...
HOW TO SUBMIT A BLOG POST
One blog post per month will be selected for publication. You must be a current Member of CWC Marin to be considered.
Content: blog posts should be 100% original work that focuses on the craft of writing, marketing, the business of writing, publishing or literary agents, or any related topics, with an eye toward providing value to CWC members.
Format: Double-space, .50 paragraph indentation, Times New Roman 12 font, proper citations and links (where applicable), and no images or graphics.
Third-party sources: proper attribution for quotes, data, and other third-party references (if any).
Condition: While submitted blog posts will be reviewed, possibly edited, and subject to approval, they should be in publishable condition, i.e., well-scrubbed, as if there were no review process.
Length: no more than 1,000 words
Submit your draft to our Blog Master Michael Coffino at michael@michaelcoffino.com