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1 05, 2012

In defense of the dabbler…or…why getting published might not be all it’s cracked up to be

David Michael Williams2019-09-30T17:52:43-05:00May 1, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: blog, current project, early writing, editing, fiction, getting published, good writing, my novels, readers, readership, self-marketing, The Soul Sleep Cycle, tough decisions, writers, writing, writing schedule|

In an earlier post, I defined a dabbler as someone who has yet to write one million words while simultaneously implying that the one million words benchmark might be less of a milestone than a state of mind.

19 03, 2012

One million words…in theory

David Michael Williams2019-09-30T14:51:48-05:00March 19, 2012|Categories: News|Tags: readership, word choice, writing styles|

A few years back, the English language spawned its one millionth word. Since words are the tools of a writer’s trade, one might assume the ever-expanding nature of vocabulary would result in greater creativity for the wordsmith. Sadly, this is not the case.