Almost the middle of summer and I haven’t read as many books as I’d planned. Anyone else face that dilemma? It’s either write or read and for me writing has to take priority. Another thing that’s taken some of my time is outside work. We’ve had lots of rain and the weeds are flourishing. This week…
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Monday Writing Prompt-Buying More Time
Sometimes ideas come from life. Just the other day I was thinking that my to do list was getting longer and if I could only have a few more hours each day I could check things off a lot faster. So for this writing prompt your character meets up with someone who offers to sell them…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Popular Genres
I just read an article in Publisher’s Weekly about the best books of the first half of the year. Seems if you enjoy writing young adult novels you’re in luck because they dominated the bestseller lists. I always tell my writing students never to write to trends because they go out of fashion quickly but…
Monday Writing Prompt-You Can Never Go Home
For this week’s writing prompt, create a story that opens with the line, ‘you can never go home’. Lots you can do with this one and lots of genres you can use…top two I’m thinking about are sci-fi and mystery. Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-It’s July
If you’re in the US, hope you’re having an enjoyable Fourth of July. Summer’s been underway for a couple of weeks but I always think it doesn’t officially start until July. Maybe that’s because when I was growing up school holidays didn’t begin until the end of July. Anyone read any good books yet this summer?…
Monday Writing Prompt-Setting Goals
June is almost over and so is half the year. I’ve been reading lots of articles about setting goals and using the mid-year mark as a way to gauge how you’re doing. That’s what your character is doing too. What’s their goal, have they achieved it, and what were the consequences? Maybe they haven’t reached…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Last One In June
I’m not sure where June went but it seems to have flown by quicker than previous months. Maybe it’s because I’ve been busy which is always a good thing. Bringing Home The Bear was released on Monday and I was excited to see that All Romance eBooks have it as one of their featured bestsellers…
Monday Writing Prompt-Tennis Anyone?
Seems like it’s one sporting event after another this month. Today it’s the start of tennis at Wimbledon. Today’s writing prompt is all about a tennis ball. Your character is in the crowd and catches a stray ball. They keep it but when they get home realize that’s it’s not your everyday tennis ball. What’s…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Mid-Summer’s Eve
Every weekend I keep saying I’m going to forgo watching TV, head out on the deck with a good book, a glass of wine, and stay there until the sun sets, but so far it hasn’t happened. Tomorrow is mid-summer’s eve so it’s now or never. Anyone got a favorite book you remember reading during…
Monday Writing Prompt-World Cup Fever
Whether or not you’re a soccer fan, it’s hard to miss that the World Cup is now underway. Current events and happenings are ideal for sparking story ideas so for this prompt, something happens to your character while he or she is watching a game…and no, it doesn’t have to be soccer. Maybe the character…