About Jack Ferris
Jack bought his first computer with contest money he won from writing a one-act comedy, then he used that computer to try writing novels. The computer and all of its component parts have long-since died, but at least one of the novels lived on to be a part of Grub Street's Novel Incubator. In his spare time, he keeps a mostly defunct story blog at hazypicture.com, argues with anti-feminists and works 9:00 - 5:00 in an office.
Here are four things you notice while revising. Maybe not the top four things, but definitely up there somewhere. In the top twenty. Based on a metric I made up just now and will not share. 1. You use the…
In my younger and more vulnerable years, a writing instructor gave me a piece of advice I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since: “Be careful,” she said. “Every time that you interact with another person, you’re entering into…
One fear that I’ve always had as a writer is that all of my characters will sound and think exactly like me. Let’s face it: I can be a little weird, and there are people who can barely stand to…