Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
Sometimes it’s Friday before I know it. Anyone else feel that way too? Thank you to everyone who signed up to be a Thursday guest blogger. I’ll be posting another sign up for June, July and August posts, sometime during May. It’s great to see that TWL is growing every week. I really appreciate you of all…
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It’s February14th so let’s talk romance books. Despite being the most popular genre, I know they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. In fact, I never set out to write one so it’s slightly ironic that the first book I got published was a romance. Writing romances has taught me a lot about writing in general,…
I thought we’d try a two part story. This week (part one), your character sits down to write a letter. Who is it to? What is it about? Does its content contain good or bad news? Maybe it’s a love letter or a dear john style one. Perhaps it’s to complain about something. Is it long…
It’s sign up time for another round of guest blogging. I’ve set aside Thursdays, starting Feb 21st, for anyone who wants to share a post on anything writing related. It could be how you plot, how you got published, how you deal with rejection letters…just about anything. Usually under 1,000 words but I’ll leave that up…
There are some many great quotes out there. Not all of them were written with us writers in mind but it doesn’t stop me from putting a author’s spin on them. Take this weeks quote is a great example…no rain, no flowers. You can’t have one without the other. I’d like to say, no…
The cold and snow continues but it’s jumpstarted my need to get some serious winter reading done. I just finished reading Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Yes, that was on a previous reading list and I just got round to reading it. I know, it’s embarrassing to admit how far behind I am.…
I’m teaching a class on plotting a novel and while I was putting together notes for the first lesson, something dawned upon me. I shared it with the students and I thought maybe you’d like to hear it too. I always hear people say their biggest problem is plotting but I don’t think that’s always…
I can’t remember if we’ve had a story title prompt before. If we have, it was a long time ago so here goes… The title of your story is The Girl in the Raincoat. Who is she? Where is she going? Is she going to meet someone? Are her intentions good or bad? So much…
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I thought we’d take a break from writing how to’s and I’d post something fun for you to read. Yes, it’s sort of writing related. I can’t remember where I heard about this traveling bookstore but I knew I had to contact the owner to see if she’d be willing to be interviewed. Say hello…
Monday Motivation time again. This week I want you to think about your writing peers. Are they helping you write? Helping you get published? Being positive and cheering you on? When I first started writing, I was lucky enough to have my father as my cheerleader. Each time a rejection letter fell into the mailbox,…
