June 1st, half the year is almost done. What have you done to achieve your goals? Are you one step closer to realizing your dream? It’s one of the reasons I’ve decided on the summer writing retreat or should I say challenge? Three months to get a book started or finally finished. I’ll be telling…
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Personal Thoughts on Being a Writer with Tory Richards
Today, author Tory Richards shares with you her personal journey to authorship…. Write about what you know. Heard that saying before? Well, it wasn’t much, and it certainly wouldn’t have held reader’s interests. I began writing when I was ten, on notebook paper. How much could a ten year old know, and especially about…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Train Journey
Wednesday prompts hasn’t featured a photo prompt in a long time so I thought this week we’d use one. Here it is- Does the couple start a train journey? Are they returning from a journey? Have they only just met on the train? Will your story have a romance or mystery element to it?…
Summer Writing ‘Retreat’
After sitting outside reading for most of Sunday afternoon, I came up with an idea for summer. Many people have an idea for a story, lots of people say they’re going to write a book, and yes, even published writers like myself, have unfinished manuscripts sitting on their computer(or gathering dust on a shelf)….
The Well-Fed Writer with Peter Bowerman
While the books on my shelves come and go, there are three that are keepers. All three have the same author, Peter Bowerman. I’ve never grown tired of reading them. In fact, I’ve read them countless times and always find other tip or hint I’d missed before. If you’ve ever thought about switching to commercial freelance writing, Peter’s the guy…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Missing Teddy Bear
When I was a child I wouldn’t leave home without my teddy bear named Eddie (yes, I still have him). One year we were on vacation and he was kidnapped from the hotel room (or should that be teddyknapped?). The story has a happy ending and he was found…no ransom was handed over! However, the story you create this…
Meet Jenika Snow, USA Bestselling Author
Some people have asked me how I managed to write a book a month. I told them I was inspired by two of my fellow Evernight Publishing authors I’m about to introduce you to one of them through this interview. Say hello to Jenika Snow. I never knew how many words Jenika wrote per day…
Monday Motivation-Just Get Writing
How’s this for motivation… Make a schedule for the next seven days. It could be morning, afternoon, evening, but sit in front of the keyboards or with a notebook on your lap and write for ten minutes. No stopping and no gazing out of the window. This will be your writing time and nothing else….
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Reviving a Blog
May is flying by…. Thank you to this week’s guest blogger. Next week I have two interviews lined up that I’m excited about. First one is with the author who (she never knew it), inspired me to write (at least try) a book a month. When you learn how many words she writes per…
Making Time To Write
Say hello to our guest blogger, Angela Drake who today tackles an important topic for writers and that’s making time to write. Making time to write has been a problem for writers the world over for years. You would think with technology, other items on our To-Do list would be ticked off faster, freeing…