Please welcome Joanna Campbell Slan on her book tour stop to promote her latest book a cozy mystery titled Resort, Two, Murder BLURB: Kiki Lowenstein heads to Florida for sand, sunshine, and family time—until a shocking death pulls her into a mystery simmering beneath the resort’s perfect surface. With craftiness and heart, she dives into…
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Book Tour Stop-Curt Richards-Voices Beyond the Creek
Please welcome author Curt Richards to This Writer’s Life… GENRE: Vintage Young Adult BLURB: Set in the foothills of the Appalachians, fourteen-year-old Caleb Austin and his friend Marlee (Mary Lee) Patterson face poverty and prejudice in their small rural town. Confronted with the “creek people” who live in the hollow and the wild child Annabelle…
Books, Writing, Publishing 2026…what’s trending?
Welcome to 2026 and I hope it’s going to be a good one for you. One thing I always tell my students is never write to trends. What’s hot today can be cold by the time your story gets published…yes, even if you’re self publishing it. Plus, if you’re writing in a genre you’re not…
Monday Writing Tips-Don’t Have a Plan
I used to sit and plan out stories for months before I actually began writing. I’d start writing and get frustrated that I couldn’t stick with my plan. Experience has taught me that characters, no matter how well you think you know them, have a mind of their own. Sometimes…most of the time, they can…
Accept the Challenge-Snowy Day
It’s the final week and it’s also the last Accept the Challenge of the year. Well done if you’ve accepted all 52 of them. I’d love to hear if you submitted any of the stories and got published. Have fun writing this last one-
Monday Writing Tips-Write Every Day
I had a ten year break from writing…not an intentional one but a decade of struggling to get back to something I once loved. When I finally overcome whatever it was that had happened to me, I made a promise to myself. I’d never go a day without writing something…yes, even if it’s just my…
Accept the Challenge-A Walk in the Woods
Week three and have fun with this video prompt-
The Christmas Cardinal
This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by a http://”http://www.goddessfish.com”Goddess Fish Promotions. Aïda Juodis will be awarding a $10 Amazon/BN gift card to a randomly drawn winner. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour. The Christmas Cardinal, written by Aïda Juodis, is a soft and whimsical…
Winter’s Embrace Book Stop Tour
Just in time for Christmas…please welcome Pamela Ackerson, Jennifer Patricia O’Keefe, Cindy Lewis Smith and Jae El Foster authors of a Christmas romance anthology, Winter’s Embrace, on their book stop tour… BLURB: Embrace the joy of Christmas and some yuletide cheer in this collection of five sweet holiday romances from four of today’s most entertaining…
Monday Writing Prompts-Make it your Own
One thing I hear from lots of my students is I’ll never be as good as…. It’s usually the name of a bestselling author they admire and read. Guess what they started out just like you. A novice…the writer who makes all the mistakes and sometimes has self doubts they’re not good enough. Don’t ever…