by Michael Sahno | Oct 18, 2021 | Articles
Do you crank out copy at a fast and furious rate? Or are you “the slow one,” the writer who labors over every word, phrase, or even punctuation mark? Or, even more weirdly, are you one of those writers who strikes a happy medium between racing and plodding? I must... 
by Michael Sahno | Oct 11, 2021 | Articles
Back when I first launched my company, I often used the phrase literary excellence as part of my branding. The idea was that Sahno Publishing evolved out of the notion that literary excellence is more important than a financial formula. The company entered the... 
by Michael Sahno | Oct 4, 2021 | Articles
“Writing about sex is like engaging in sex: it’s hard. Or, it should be.” —Sean Murphy Today I want to talk about fictional scenes where characters either discuss sex or engage in sexual activity. I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit, because I’m working... 
by Michael Sahno | Sep 27, 2021 | Articles
I’m going off the rails on a crazy train. —Ozzy Osbourne, “Crazy Train” Last October, I posted an article on pandemic fatigue, about how 2020 had been exhausting. Ha ha ha! The pandemic was only seven or eight months old by then! Who’da thunk it? I... 
by Michael Sahno | Sep 20, 2021 | Articles
This week’s blog post has three sections: distractions, disruptions and disturbances, as if they were three unique items—which, of course, they can be. There’s a common “writer” meme that reads, “Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the... 
by Michael Sahno | Sep 13, 2021 | Articles
We’ve all been there: lying in bed, on the edge of sleep, when a brilliant idea floats in from the ether. Maybe it’s a fully-formed snippet of dialogue, or maybe something technical, like a major plot point. And before you drift off to sleep, you have to...