SquarePeg Books

Category: Writing

  • R is for Rebound

    Why Writing is Like a Relationship After you’ve parted ways with your story, you wander aimlessly for a little bit. Sometimes you take a goodly time to come around. You do your research before jumping into another big project. Other times a gorgeous idea grabs your face, sticks her tongue…

  • An American History Question

    So I’m working on this story, and I think “Ooooo, it would be nifty if I could add that little ditty to the story to give it a bit of zing.” The problem is, I remember reading it in my Junior Year High School Advanced Placement History Class, and can’t…

  • Q is for Quit

    Why Writing is Like a Relationship No, this is not the same as getting kicked-out or breaking-up. In every relationship, you need to take a breather. You need to step back and do something else, alone, for a little bit. Perhaps this is to quell the psychotic rage building in…

  • P is for Procreation

    Why Writing is Like a Relationship So you and your writing have settled down and it’s a Happily Ever After moment. Then your writing spawns offspring. What you thought was a one-off turned into an entire litter. “Where did this series come from?” you ask your writing. “And all these…