How Writers Can Expand Their Lexicon, Or Why My Friends Call Me Thesaurus Lad
When I was a youngling, I decided I wanted to be a writer. As a writer, I looked at words like tools in a toolbox.…
When I was a youngling, I decided I wanted to be a writer. As a writer, I looked at words like tools in a toolbox.…
Being an obsessive plotter, I had an ending in mind for my book, but I just wrote the climatic chapter, and it affected me in…
by Dirk HooperCopyright 20260816 I Write in Multiple Genres and I Won’t Apologize for That. When I was six years old, I was a voracious…
My love of movies started very young. If a movie moved me, then I would pick it apart and look for what other people said.…
Originally published September 8, 2019 Imagine if you will, the director of Fight Club and the director of Deadpool get together to do an animated…
I just created a new newsletter! It’s called the K.D. Hooper Newsletter and you can read the first post here: https://open.substack.com/pub/kdhooper/p/the-k-d-hooper-newsletter?r=6b18cm&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true What’s amazing to me…
I’m so happy to introduce Gorgons MC from my new novel project! This is going to be my all-woman vampire motorcyle club based in Moore,…
In the Beginning… It was already decided that Robert Henry and I would submit a story for Rough Cut issue 2. Robert would do the…
By Dirk Hooper Editing a novel is a huge process, and it’s hard for someone who wrote the work to evaluate it honestly. That’s why…
I write every day, both professionally and for leisure, and I use the free version of Grammarly. With articles and creative work, Grammarly is great as…
Even if you don’t start writing when you’re young, it’s never too late to start.In fact, good writing skills are crucial to success, whether…
A few days ago I reached out to a handful of friends who were spinning their wheels creatively. I asked them if they were…
One thing that I’ve learned while I’ve been trying to write more is that it’s very easy to put off writing for another day. I…