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December 9, 2023December 8, 2023 This Writer's Life

12 Days of Christmas-Day 9-Deadly Sins

books, classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

It’s Day 9 and today it’s all about the Seven Deadly Sins of Fiction? Have you committed one or maybe you have and don’t know

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December 8, 2023December 7, 2023 This Writer's Life

12 Days of Christmas-Day 8-Love is in the Air

books, classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

It’s Day 8 of the 12 Days of Christmas and today love is in the air because if you’re thinking about writing a romance novel

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December 7, 2023December 6, 2023 This Writer's Life

12 Days of Christmas-Day 7-Continuing Series

books, classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Did you know that readers love series books? Have you thought about writing one? Today’s special can give you a head start on doing just

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December 6, 2023December 5, 2023 This Writer's Life

12 Days of Christmas-Day 6-Let’s Get Planning

books, classes, Writing How Tos

NaNoWriMo might be over but that doesn’t mean you still can’t write a novel in 30 days. Success depends on planning and that’s why I

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December 5, 2023December 4, 2023 This Writer's Life

12 Days of Christmas-Day Five-A Long Story, Short

books, classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Have you ever thought about writing short stories? It’s a great way to supplement your fiction writing, the perfect way to ease yourself into writing,

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December 4, 2023December 3, 2023 This Writer's Life

It’s Day Four-12 Days of Christmas-What A Character

books, classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

What’s the most important part of a story? Many people will say plot, but that’s only part of the magic. You can’t have a fantastic

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December 3, 2023December 2, 2023 This Writer's Life

12 Days of Christmas Day 3-POV

books, classes

Did an editor return your manuscript telling you it had head-hopping issues? Or maybe you don’t know what’s wrong with your story or why it’s

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December 2, 2023December 1, 2023 This Writer's Life

12 Days of Christmas-Plotting Your Novel Workbook

books, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

It’s Day Two of the 12 Days of Christmas. Do you struggle with planning and plotting your novels? Lots of writers do, even established authors.

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December 1, 2023November 30, 2023 This Writer's Life

12 Days of Christmas-Day One-Common Writing Problems

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Welcome to Day One of the 12 Days of Christmas. For the next 12 days, I’ll offering a discount on one of my writing products.

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November 30, 2023November 30, 2023 This Writer's Life

Fiction Predictions for 2024

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

I hoping I’m not breaking a rule that I always tell my students and that’s to never write to trends. However, I thought it would

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November 27, 2023November 27, 2023 This Writer's Life

Author Super Bundle-Last Day at Lower Price

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

It’s Cyber Monday… Did you pick up any great deals over the last four days? If you missed my post on Friday, I mentioned the

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November 24, 2023November 24, 2023 This Writer's Life

Super Author Bundle

books, classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving. You know what follows Thanksgiving? Black Friday. A day for sales and bargains and for me, it’s

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November 21, 2023November 21, 2023 This Writer's Life

Black Friday and Cyber Monday

classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

It’s almost Black Friday with Cyber Monday close behind. While I won’t be running any sales during this time, I’ve opted to take part in

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November 8, 2023November 8, 2023 This Writer's Life

Writing Opportunities for 2024 and Beyond

Market Guides, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

If only we had a crystal ball and could see the future. Part of being a successful a writer is forecasting what’s going to be

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September 26, 2023September 26, 2023 This Writer's Life

NaNoWriMo-Ready, Set, Go

classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Hello fellow authors. Happy fall (or spring). It will soon be that time of year again. NaNoWriMo will be upon us before we know it.

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August 22, 2023August 22, 2023 This Writer's Life

Rejection Guaranteed

classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Do you keep submitting your story, think it’s perfect but it keeps getting rejected? If only editors would give us some clue as to why

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August 4, 2023August 4, 2023 This Writer's Life

Catching Up

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Hello fellow authors. Yes, it’s been a long time since I posted a blog on this site. I’ve been busy with projects and I’ve been

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July 19, 2023July 12, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Guest Author- M.S. Spencer

Author Interviews

It’s Wednesday and that means, it’s Guest Author Day. This week it’s M.S. Spencer… This Writer’s Life-(TWL)-Welcome to the Wednesday blog, happy to have you

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June 14, 2023June 13, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Guest Author-Joan Ramirez

Author Interviews

It’s time for another guest author spot and for this Wednesday it’s Joan Ramirez. I decided to become an author at the age of 9.

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May 17, 2023May 15, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Guest Author-J. Arlene Culiner

Author Interviews

It’s Wednesday and it’s time for another guest author and please J. Arlene Culiner. TWL-What’s a typical writing session like for you? Do I have

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May 10, 2023May 11, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Guest Author

Author Interviews

It’s Wednesday and that means it’s guest author time. Please welcome Jill Piscitello. This Writer’s Life-(TWL)-Welcome to the Wednesday blog, happy to have you join

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May 3, 2023April 25, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Writing Guest-Kayelle Allen

Author Interviews

Time for another Wednesday guest and this week, it’s Kayelle Allen…. TWL-Welcome to the Wednesday blog, happy to have you join us today. Introduce yourself

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April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Author Guest-J. Arlene Culiner

Author Interviews

It’s Wednesday so that means it’s guest author time. This week, please say hello to J. Arlene Culiner. Welcome to the Wednesday blog, happy to

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April 11, 2023April 11, 2023 This Writer's Life

Marketing Your Books

classes, Sites Helping Writers, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

According to some of my students, writing a story is the easy part. Marketing, (also known as selling your books), is the tough part. Help

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March 2, 2023March 2, 2023 This Writer's Life

Do You Want To Be A Romance Author?

books, classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Romance novels… One of the best-selling genres with an often built in readership. Have you thought about writing one? Maybe you’ve written one but keep

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February 24, 2023February 24, 2023 This Writer's Life

March Classes-Promoting without Social Media and Writing and Publishing on a Budget

classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Time to promote my March classes that I’ll be teaching over at OIWI. The lessons are delivered to your e-mail and you don’t need to

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February 22, 2023February 21, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Guest Author-Sierra Brave

Author Interviews, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

It’s time for our Wednesday guest author spot and this week say hello to Sierra Brave. This Writer’s Life-(TWL)-Welcome to the Wednesday blog, happy to

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February 15, 2023February 13, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Guest Author-D.V. Stone

Author Interviews

This week’s guest is D.V Stone… This Writer’s Life-(TWL)-Welcome to the Wednesday blog, happy to have you join us today. Introduce yourself and tell us

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February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 This Writer's Life

Plotting Your First Romance Novel Workbook

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

I’m slowly updating all my writing workbooks and classes and I just finished with the Plotting Your First Romance Novel workbook. If you’re an aspiring

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February 9, 2023February 9, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Author Guest-Anne Fowler

Author Interviews

Please say hello to today’s guest author and it’s Anner Fowler- This Writer’s Life-(TWL)-Welcome to the Wednesday blog, happy to have you join us today.

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February 7, 2023February 7, 2023 This Writer's Life

Plotting Your Novel Workbook

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Are you scratching your head trying to figure out how to plot your novel? It’s a common struggle with the majority of my students. So

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February 1, 2023January 31, 2023 This Writer's Life

Wednesday Guest Blogger-Meet Martha O’Sullivan

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Today, we’re officially launching the new Wednesday Guest Author spot here at This Writer’s Life. Please welcome Martha O’Sullivan. And please say a thank you

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January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 This Writer's Life

The Fearless Freelancer

classes

Have you ever thought about becoming a freelance writer…yes, even if you’ve only written fiction up till now. That’s the position I found myself in

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January 12, 2023 This Writer's Life

A Contest and a Market… and Guest Blogger Wednesday Returns…

Market Guides, Sites Helping Writers, Submission Calls

Hi Everyone, I thought I’d share these two links with you…many of you told me you enjoy ideas for potential markets and contests- sThe first

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January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 This Writer's Life

Writing Classes for 2023

classes

I’m teaching workshops again this year for Outreach International Writers. Here is a listing of the classes I’m offering February through May (I’ll be posting

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January 5, 2023January 5, 2023 This Writer's Life

New Year…lots of New Things

Sites Helping Writers

Happy 2023. I have lots planned for this year and thought I’d share them with you. First one, I had a logo made for This

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November 22, 2022November 18, 2022 This Writer's Life

Black Friday Arrives Early for Writers

books, classes, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

I’ve got some exciting news to share with you today. Writer’s Craft 4.0 is LIVE NOW! And lucky you, because you’re getting FIRST DIBS on

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November 18, 2022November 18, 2022 This Writer's Life

It’s Been a Long Time

Friday Ramblings

I know it’s been a long time since I posted on This Writer’s Life. I’ve been busy with projects and revamping some of my other

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June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 This Writer's Life

This bundle designed to transform your writing life disappears today…

books, classes, Sites Helping Writers, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

This is your last chance to save $6,500+ on 50+ writing and self-publishing tools and resources. At 11.59pm EDT on Tuesday, June 14th, Write Publish

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June 9, 2022June 8, 2022 This Writer's Life

Three reasons to stop procrastinating… and write your book

Sites Helping Writers, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

There’s a name for what keeps writers from writing. And it’s not procrastination. It’s worse. Much worse. It’s Catch-22-itis™ It nestles in the space between

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June 7, 2022June 7, 2022 This Writer's Life

Write Smarter. Publish Faster. Profit More.

Sites Helping Writers, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

I’ve got some pretty exciting news to share with you today… I recently joined forces with the amazing team over at Infostack.io to bring you

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June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 This Writer's Life

Brand New FREE guide (writers — don’t miss this!)

Sites Helping Writers, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Self-publishing isn’t easy, is it? While there’s never been more opportunity to turn your writing into a full-time career (if that’s your goal)……the journey is

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June 3, 2022June 3, 2022 This Writer's Life

Don’t miss the giveaway ($1k+ worth of tools, training, and resources for authors)

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 Just a reminder that Infostack is running an awesome giveaway for writers, authors, and self-publishers. You can win over $1,000+ worth of writing software, self-publishing

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May 31, 2022May 31, 2022 This Writer's Life

You Need This…Infostack Writing Bundle Coming Soon

Sites Helping Writers, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Stay tuned because on June 7th Infostack will be offering the Write Publish Profit 5.0 which is a bundle of incredible resources that every writer

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May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 This Writer's Life

A Chance to Win the Ultimate Writers Giveaway

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Would you like to be the grand prize winner of 10 bestselling books for writers, a one on one coaching session, and a year’s free

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February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 This Writer's Life

Don’t Worry About Perfection

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

The plot isn’t working, my characters are flat, the dialogue is awful…we all hear these words in our heads as we write. It’s normal and

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January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 This Writer's Life

The Writer’s Life Membership

Writing How Tos

Would you be interested in The Writer’s Life Membership? This is just an idea for now but one I’m considering setting up a membership component

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January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 This Writer's Life

Potential Markets for You

Market Guides

Sometimes finding something to write about or creating a new story is the easy part, finding a market for your work is the tough side

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November 29, 2021November 28, 2021 This Writer's Life

Cyber Monday Sale

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

It’s Cyber Monday and time for some sales- Head over to www.susanpalmquist.com and use code CyberMonday21 for a 30% discount on all my writing courses

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November 26, 2021November 25, 2021 This Writer's Life

It’s Black Friday and There Are Two Sales Going On!

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

It’s Black Friday and there’s a sale going on over at my site, www.susanpalmquist.com. Use coupon code BlackFriday21 to save 25% off any writing course

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November 24, 2021November 24, 2021 This Writer's Life

Happy Thanksgiving

books

I know it’s been a long time since I posted. I’ve been busy with lots of projects and I’ll tell you more about them very

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September 20, 2021August 27, 2021 This Writer's Life

Were You Meant to be A Writer?

Monday Motivation
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September 13, 2021August 27, 2021 This Writer's Life

Don’t Make It A Tragedy

Monday Motivation
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September 1, 2021September 1, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Prompts for September

Monday Writing Prompts, Wednesday Writing Prompts

NaNoWriMo isn’t far away so this month, I thought we’d polish some writing skills ready for this year’s event. Five writing elements…some might be your

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August 30, 2021August 27, 2021 This Writer's Life

Don’t Make Excuses

Monday Motivation
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August 23, 2021August 20, 2021 This Writer's Life

Plan Your Goal

Monday Motivation
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August 16, 2021August 13, 2021 This Writer's Life

Books Don’t Write Themselves

Monday Motivation

You’ll never get published if you’re not writing and only dreaming about being an author. Don’t talk about writing a book, write a book!

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August 9, 2021August 6, 2021 This Writer's Life

Be Patient

Monday Motivation
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August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 This Writer's Life

August Writing Prompts

Monday Writing Prompts, Wednesday Writing Prompts

Happy August and it’s time for this month’s prompts. I thought we’d try some visual prompts. Here are five photos and all with a summer

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August 2, 2021July 30, 2021 This Writer's Life

Set Goals From Your Heart

Monday Motivation
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July 30, 2021July 30, 2021 This Writer's Life

Friday Ramblings-New Ventures

Friday Ramblings

It’s been some time since I’ve written a Friday Ramblings and a few weeks since I’ve posted anything to TWL. I’ve been busy researching new

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July 19, 2021July 17, 2021 This Writer's Life

Don’t Be Afraid to Fail

Monday Motivation
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July 12, 2021July 9, 2021 This Writer's Life

Be Determined…Form a Habit

Monday Motivation
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July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 This Writer's Life

Side Gigs-Freelance Writing-An Interview with Erin Mahoney

Author Interviews, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Please welcome Erin Mahoney to This Writer’s Life. She’s one of my private students and the author of Side Hustle Gigs, A Step by Step

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July 1, 2021July 1, 2021 This Writer's Life

July Writing Prompts

Monday Writing Prompts

It’s July which means new writing prompts. This time I thought we’d do something different and focus on work you’ve already created. Take a scene

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June 28, 2021June 25, 2021 This Writer's Life

Don’t Just Talk About It

Monday Motivation
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June 24, 2021June 24, 2021 This Writer's Life

Your Why, Discipline, and Motivation

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Despite being motivated are you still struggling with your writing? Recently, I’ve had a few private students who are very motivated but for some reason,

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June 21, 2021June 18, 2021 This Writer's Life

Determination is the Key

Monday Motivation
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June 17, 2021June 17, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Makes a Great Side Gig

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Are you thinking about starting a side gig or do you already have one? Are you using your skill as a writer for your side

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June 14, 2021June 11, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Means Being Disciplined

Monday Motivation
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June 7, 2021May 21, 2021 This Writer's Life

What is Success?

Monday Motivation
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June 1, 2021June 1, 2021 This Writer's Life

June Writing Prompts

Wednesday Writing Prompts

It’s June and time for a new set of prompts. Have fun and happy writing. Last Line Who would be next? Any Line No cell

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May 27, 2021May 27, 2021 This Writer's Life

Finding Freelance Writing Jobs

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

One of the key elements to being a successful freelance writing is finding consistent work. When I started out, I’d spend a few hours a

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May 24, 2021May 21, 2021 This Writer's Life

Know Your Why

Monday Motivation
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May 20, 2021May 20, 2021 This Writer's Life

Four Writing Opportunities

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

I just finished going through today’s e-mails and saw four writing opportunities I thought I’d pass onto you- First one is a short story contest

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May 18, 2021May 18, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writers Need to Be Trend Watchers

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Do you study trends? I just finished writing a post over at my other site about how being a trend watcher or a future thinker

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May 17, 2021May 14, 2021 This Writer's Life

Surpass Your Writing Goals

Monday Motivation
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May 10, 2021May 7, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Is Never A Waste of Time

Monday Motivation
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May 6, 2021May 6, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing a Book-It’s About Mindset

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

What separates the writer who actually finishes writing a book to the person who just dreams about it? It’s mindset… A few months ago, I

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May 4, 2021May 4, 2021 This Writer's Life

May Writing Prompts

Wednesday Writing Prompts

Here are the writing prompts for May. Have fun and happy writing. Objects Place the following object somewhere in your story. Solar powered lawn mower

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May 3, 2021April 30, 2021 This Writer's Life

Set Some Goals

Monday Motivation

What are your writing goals? Plan your May writing schedule and stick with it!

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April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 This Writer's Life

Friday Ramblings-April Draws to a Close

Friday Ramblings

Can you believe that today is the last one in April? I’m behind on my to do list and one of the reasons for no

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April 26, 2021April 23, 2021 This Writer's Life

Make an Idea Book

Monday Motivation
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April 20, 2021April 20, 2021 This Writer's Life

Research and Then Write

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Wondering why your short story keeps getting rejected? Or maybe what you thought was the perfect idea for a publication still got a no, not

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April 19, 2021April 16, 2021 This Writer's Life

Monday Motivation-Goals

Monday Motivation
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April 16, 2021April 16, 2021 This Writer's Life

Friday Ramblings From An Author-Easy Ways to Write a Novel

Friday Ramblings

A brief Ramblings as I’m in the middle of a project I want to get done by the end of the day. This week, I

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April 14, 2021April 14, 2021 This Writer's Life

Score Points with Editors

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Do you want to increase your chances of an editor requesting to see your manuscript or even getting published? It’s not just down to the

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April 12, 2021April 9, 2021 This Writer's Life

Monday Motivation-Don’t Let Other Destroy Your Dream

Monday Motivation
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April 7, 2021April 7, 2021 This Writer's Life

Create a Deadline

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Are you working to a deadline even though you don’t have one? This week I published a new class at Skillshare Be a Better Writer-15

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April 5, 2021April 2, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing is Scary

Monday Motivation

Writing a book, writing anything can be scary but as this quote says if it wasn’t then it wouldn’t be a goal worth having. This

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April 2, 2021April 2, 2021 This Writer's Life

Friday Ramblings From An Author-Another Month, More Goals? New Goals?

Friday Ramblings

Did you set the goal of writing a book this year? Three months are behind us and have you started writing yet? If the answer

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April 1, 2021April 1, 2021 This Writer's Life

April Writing Prompts

Monday Writing Prompts, Wednesday Writing Prompts

It’s another month which means it’s time for another round of writing prompts. Enjoy and happy writing. Scenario Your character loses their car keys. First

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March 31, 2021March 31, 2021 This Writer's Life

Should You Ever Quit?

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

You’ve had three rejections in the last month. An agent has just told you that the story you thought was great has lots of flaws.

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March 29, 2021March 26, 2021 This Writer's Life

Form the Habit of Writing

Monday Motivation
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March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 This Writer's Life

Friday Ramblings From An Author-Ideas

Friday Ramblings

The last Ramblings of the month. How are your writing goals working out so far this year? It’s a great time to look back at

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March 25, 2021March 25, 2021 This Writer's Life

Step Outside Your Writing Comfort Zone

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

All too often we get into a comfortable zone. It’s safe, it’s familiar, and why not you say, after all, we’ve worked years just to

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March 23, 2021March 23, 2021 This Writer's Life

Earn Money for Some Quick and Easy Writing

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

The life of a freelance writer and author isn’t an easy one. It’s not just a time thing, but often a money thing especially when

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March 22, 2021March 19, 2021 This Writer's Life

The Journey to Authorship

Monday Motivation
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March 19, 2021March 19, 2021 This Writer's Life

Friday Ramblings From An Author-Too Busy to Post

Friday Ramblings

My apologies for the lack of posts this week. I’ve had too many projects and now it’s Friday before I even realized it. I got

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March 15, 2021March 12, 2021 This Writer's Life

It’s Not Always Easy

Monday Motivation

It’s sometimes a struggle to find the energy and time to write, but think about how you’ll feel when you write the last word of

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March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 This Writer's Life

Self Publishing Tool Kit

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

As many of you know, I have a budget related web site. I have products for sale and many of them are writing related. I’m

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March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 This Writer's Life

Do You Like Podcasts?

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

I’m way behind with my posts this week. I’m juggling lots of projects and that got me thinking about what happens to our writing when

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March 8, 2021March 5, 2021 This Writer's Life

Monday Motivation-Approach Success

Monday Motivation

What are you waiting for? If you haven’t already started, this week, get those first words written.

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March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 This Writer's Life

Friday Ramblings From An Author-Many Projects, Little Time

Friday Ramblings

Welcome to March and it’s almost spring. Or maybe it’s almost fall in your part of the world. I had every intention of posting more

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March 3, 2021March 3, 2021 This Writer's Life

March Writing Prompts

Monday Writing Prompts, Wednesday Writing Prompts

It’s time for the March Writing Prompts, enjoy and happy writing. Scenario Your character starts having dreams that seem to be coming true. Fit the

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March 1, 2021February 26, 2021 This Writer's Life

Monday Motivation-Ideas Are Everywhere

Monday Motivation
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February 28, 2021February 26, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 28-Final Word

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

You’ve reached the end of the challenge and it might have the same feeling as when you write that final word at the end of

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February 27, 2021February 26, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 27-A Future Author

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Maybe you’ve already written a book or maybe during this challenge, you’ve written your very first words or chapter. Writing and getting published takes dedication

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February 26, 2021February 25, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 25-Your Synopsis

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Hopefully, by now, you’ve written the first three chapters of your book. Congratulations because lots of people don’t even make it this far. After this

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February 25, 2021February 24, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 25-Chapter Three

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Did you get chapters one and two finished? You’ve started on the road to writing a book, you’ve pulled your reader in, built some suspense,

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February 24, 2021February 23, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 24-Chapter Two

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Did you manage to get chapter one written? Anything you struggled with? Anything surprise you? Do you need to make adjustments? Let’s keep on writing.

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February 23, 2021February 22, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 23-First Chapter

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

We’re in the final stretch of the writing challenge. It’s time to start thinking about your story and everything you’ve learned so far. This week

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February 22, 2021February 19, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 22-Don’t Hesitate

Monday Motivation

We’re in the final week of the Writing Challenge. What are your hesitations, what’s holding you back?

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February 21, 2021February 19, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 21-Brainstorming Your Plot

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Today, it’s a simple task. Sit down and write down everything you know about your plot. Doesn’t matter if you don’t create complete sentences. Just

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February 20, 2021February 19, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 20-A Chat with Your Character

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Some people struggle with plotting while others find creating characters to be their Achilles’ heel. Many times it’s because we don’t know our characters well

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February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 18-New Genre

Wednesday Writing Prompts, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

This week we’ve been working with the story of the couple who housesit for their friend, Bob, and discover the painting that was stolen from

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February 18, 2021February 17, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 17-First Person

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

On Tuesday, we began our story based on the short scenario of the couple finding their missing painting in the home of a friend. Yesterday,

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February 17, 2021February 16, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 17-Different POV

Monday Writing Prompts, Story Sparklers, Wednesday Writing Prompts, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Yesterday’s challenge was all about writing the basic story and today, we’re going with a different point of view. Who was your original storyteller? Pick

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February 16, 2021February 15, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 16-The Plot Line

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Let’s try something different and something that flexes our writing muscles. Here’s an basis for a story and each day we’re going to change things

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February 15, 2021February 12, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 15-It’s Okay to Make Mistakes

Monday Motivation, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips
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February 14, 2021February 12, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 14-Change Things

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Yesterday you wrote for 15 minutes. Today it’s going to be 30 minutes. Take yesterday’s work and change it in someway. It could be from

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February 13, 2021February 12, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 13-Write for 15 Minutes

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

We’re heading into week three of the writing challenge and let’s put what we’ve learned about our writing habits and preferences to good use. Set

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February 12, 2021February 11, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 12-Final Prompt

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Another story prompt to round out Day 12 of this writer’s challenge. Be sure to keep all your writing notes from the week because we’ll

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February 11, 2021February 10, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 11-Story Fragment

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

This week we’ve been focusing on story prompts. Using them as ideas to begin a writing session. We’re also making notes about where we write

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February 10, 2021February 9, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 10-Another Story Prompt

Story Sparklers, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

How did you writing day go yesterday? Are you noticing anything about your writing and writing habits. Why not keep a journal and make a

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February 9, 2021February 8, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 9-Story Prompt

Story Sparklers, Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

By now you should have figured out where your most productive writing spot is and whether it’s writing at home, away from home, with keyboards

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February 8, 2021February 5, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 8-It’s All About Attitude

Monday Motivation
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February 7, 2021February 5, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day 7-Another Writing Space

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Yesterday you choose a space to write and today is the second part of the exercise. Today, try another spot for writing. Yesterday, it might

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February 6, 2021February 5, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 6-Writing Space One

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Today’s challenge is part one of two. Today, you’re going to find someplace to write. It could be in your home or even at a

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February 5, 2021February 4, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day 5-Description

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Today we turn to description for our challenge. Sit by a window…or if it’s warm enough sit outside and write a few paragraphs, (more if

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February 4, 2021February 3, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day Four-What Works Best for You?

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

After two days of freewriting. One with pen and paper and the other using keyboards, let’s compare the two methods. Take a look at both

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February 3, 2021February 2, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge-Day Three

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Yesterday we focused on freewriting with pen and paper. Today we turn to laptops, keyboards… Set your timer for ten minutes and once again freewrite.

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February 2, 2021February 1, 2021 This Writer's Life

Writing Challenge Day Two

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Today, set a timer for ten minutes. Pull out a pen and paper and write anything that comes into your head. Doesn’t matter if it

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November 12, 2020 This Writer's Life

Worried Your Plot Isn’t Unique Enough?

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Editors and agents see lots of manuscript each week. Readers see lots of newly self published books each week. So, how do you make yours

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November 5, 2020 This Writer's Life

More Tips for NaNoWriMo

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

It’s NaNoWriMo and how are you doing? I thought I’d share with you some more of my favorite tips to help you finish the first

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September 29, 2020 This Writer's Life

A Major Reason for Getting Rejected

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

No Tuesday guest blogger this week so thought I’d address a topic that’s been on my mind for several months. While I haven’t done as

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September 24, 2020 This Writer's Life

Saying Goodbye To My Writing Companion

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Tuesday was a day I’d be dreading for a long time. It began not as I’d planned. My tabby cat who was 22 years and

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September 21, 2020 This Writer's Life

How to Write a Non-Fiction Book in 30 Days

Writing How Tos, Writing Tips

Two posts in one day, but I wanted to let you know that my How to Write a Non-Fiction Book in 30 Days is on

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