Adrian J. Smith's Blog, page 37
May 3, 2013
Fanfic mistakes and pleasures
My time for writing originals is certainly not over, but I have been working on fanfiction, toying with the plots (which involve mostly sex) and characters. I know that there are quite a few people who do not agree with … Continue reading →
May 1, 2013
Grammar Wednesday: Quoting a quote
I was writing, and I had a question. This is how I typically come up with finding grammatical rules to remember for the rest of my writing career. In my newest novel FOR BY GRACE, there is a character, Peter, … Continue reading →
April 26, 2013
“The Coin”
Check this little novella out! Sarah has written a truly uplifting story. I had the pleasure of reading it before it was published, and I have to say it is well-written and an amazing read. Here’s her blog post on … Continue reading →
April 25, 2013
Paving the way…
I am paving the way toward professionalism in this little world called writing. Yesterday, I was awarded (it’s a bidding thing) the job of copy-editing someone’s novel. And they’re actually going to pay me for it! I’ve been copy-editing and … Continue reading →
April 24, 2013
The Brick Wall of God
I have been asked so many times in the past few weeks why I’m still in school studying to be a minister if my passion is obviously in writing and writing only. The answer is that I have many passions, … Continue reading →
Grammar Wednesday: COMMA SPLICE–finding them!
I thought I would make a post on how to find comma splices. They’re not exactly the easiest thing in the world to discover. What I’ve noticed, in my own writing, is that I tend to have them in dialogue. … Continue reading →
April 23, 2013
Struggling Artist #indie
It’s hard to struggle. I think that, and then at the same time I think that struggling just adds that much more to the story. I have officially been unemployed since December of 2011. That’s sixteen months and heading right … Continue reading →
April 21, 2013
Forever Burn Collage
I finally put the collage together that I’ve been meaning to do. These are a few photos from people who bought “Forever Burn” and were kind enough to send me the photos of them holding it. I love the community, … Continue reading →
April 20, 2013
Finish Line
I can see it. Almost taste the joy of crossing that line and being done with the first major round of editing on this novel. There’s another finish line that I want to write about today, too. Sarah Hart is … Continue reading →
April 17, 2013
Condoms! Condoms! Condoms!
I feel as though I need to jump on the bandwagon with this one. While yes, I mostly write lesbian fiction for publishing, I do write quite a bit of het fanfiction (actually, the majority of it). Now…I’ve been bad. … Continue reading →
