This week’s prompt is all about the wrong pants…or the wrong piece of any clothing. Here’s the scenario- Your character picks up their dry cleaning but when they get home they discover they have the wrong item. Do they find something in the pocket of that item? Are they tempted not to return it…
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Guest Blogger Viviana MacKade-A non-English native writer nightmare: grammar.
Did you hate grammar at school? Today’s guest blogger Viviana MacKade tells us it’s even worse when English isn’t your first language. My love for writing sways from absolute thrill for a new idea and all the pre-writing work to the hatred first draft. Still, I love it. All of it. Does…
Monday Motivation-Mentor
Ready to quit or don’t think you can be an author? Try this…think about your favorite author. They were once like you. Getting rejection after rejection, having self doubt, and not sure they were ever going to make it. They didn’t quit, they didn’t give up their dream. Think about your favorite author each…
Insider’s Guide to Editing-A Conversation with Kerry Genova
Let me introduce you to one of my favorite editors (and I don’t say that lightly because I’ve worked with so many I’ve lost count). Kerry was one of my editors at Evernight Publishing and I loved working with her because she made my books shine. Lucky for me she freelances too. When I need…
Creating Characters With Rachel Brimble
Drum roll please…our first guest blogger at This Writer’s Life is Rachel Brimble and she’s sharing her tips about creating characters… How we create our characters is a question often asked of writers by their readers and aspiring novelists alike…and one I can answer fairly easily. At least, I can tell them the process that works for…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Blue Moon
[wpvideo n7vkaK6D] I probably don’t have to tell you that there’s a blue moon, blood moon, and a lunar eclipse happening today so you know what this week’s prompt is about…the moon. It could be a story where the line once in a blue moon is used, or some event that happens around a full…
Monday Motivation-Just Try
The road to publication starts with one tiny step. Oftentimes that’s in the form of mustering up enough courage to just do it. If you’ve been thinking about finally writing a book or even a short story, just go for it, just try it. You might find out it’s something you don’t enjoy after all, but then again…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Foot of Snow and a Cold
Another week, another foot of snow and I end this one with a cold. At least I have the weekend to recover (and what a great excuse to just sit and binge watch movies). I’ve been working non-stop all week getting my classes revamped and uploaded to the new platform so I can launch the…
Writer’s Block-Fact or Fiction?
Yesterday was the anniversary of my father’s death. You might be wondering what that has to do with the title of the post…writer’s block. After my father died I went through a writing drought. I was in the middle of writing a mystery when he was diagnosed with cancer. While I didn’t devote much time…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Lost Purse
This week’s prompt is all about a lost purse. Who loses it and where is up to you. It could be your main character who loses their purse or maybe they’re the person who finds it. What’s in it? Does the person finding it think about keeping it or something inside it? Are they…