True to its tagline “for all things writing,” WIP offers a melange of writing-related posts. Topics include MS Word advice, grammar gripes and the delicate (or hammer-handed) craft of self-editing.
Who loves to insult writers? Other writers. This post, in the dreaded list format, captures the rancor and spite and in all its glory.
The web site’s “Craft Essays” section is home to substantive pontifications by modern lit heavyweights such as Chuck Palahniuk. Recent posts contemplate morally grey characters, writing out of sequence, and effective use of Scrivener.
Akers, a fantasy author and logophile, has only recently starting blogging; but his thoughts on world building, the financials of a writing career, and his early, disastrous experiences in publishing are worth a read.
