I started my summer reading journey with a mystery novel so I thought I’d turn to romance next. The second book on my Summer Reading List is Winter Song by Jennifer McMurrain. This is a new to me author. After I read the synopsis, I thought it sounded like a fun story. I’m about half way…
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Monday Writing Prompts-High Water
For this writing prompt here’s a photo Your character has to make an important delivery across town but sees this as he or she heads out. How do they deal with the situation? Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Fireworks
The writing prompt for this Monday is fireworks. Does your character buy fireworks, put on a backyard firework display, or even attend a huge firework display? Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Almost Finished My WIP
The June workshop concluded today which means I have a two month break to get caught up on the books I plan to self publish in September. I also hope to get some serious reading done too. Remember I’ve set myself the goal of reading twenty books between now and September. The weather’s been perfect and…
Summer Reading List-Book One
Summer’s here and as many of you know I’ve selected 20 books that I hope to read between now and September 23rd. Some of fiction and a handful are non-fiction titles. The first one I’ve picked to kick things off is Into the Woods by Harlan Coben. I’ve read many of his other books, Tell…
Monday Writing Prompt-Mother Nature
We hear about rivers drying up, hurricanes, and earthquakes, so in your story what force of Mother Nature is your character up against? Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-My New Office Buddy
Another busy week doing a little of this and a little of that. Writing, doing edits for my upcoming release, teaching and tutoring. I’m now almost 20,000 words into my WIP, and about a quarter of the way through the revamp of an older title I’ll be releasing as a self-published book in the fall….
Monday Writing Prompts-Longest Day of the Year
It’s almost Midsummer’s Eve so I thought I’d make that the subject of today’s writing prompt. What happens on the longest day of the year? Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Summer’s Almost Here
Only one week left of spring 2015. Next weekend I’ll begin reading the first book on my summer reading list. I’m not sure exactly which one it will be. Do you sometimes find you’re in the mood for a certain genre? It’s not necessarily the book you don’t like but sometimes you’d rather read something humorous or…
Monday Writing Prompts-One for Mystery Fans
I pulled this writing prompt from the chapter on celebration days in my Kick Start Your Story book. Today June 8th is Name Your Poison Day. If you write mysteries I think this should be the perfect one for you. Or if you’ve never tried writing a suspense story before how about tackling this one? Have fun…