It’s almost the end of the year. Although, September has become my favorite time to set new goals for the following 12 months, I also use the turn of the calendar to plan. Here are some questions I always ask myself to help me plan and stay motivated and I hope you’ll find them useful…
Author: This Writer's Life
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Two POVS
We have three more writing prompts left for the year (including this one). In 2021, we’ll switch to monthly prompts where you can pick and choose from a whole bunch of ideas. So to say goodbye to the old style, I thought we’d mix things up for the rest of 2020. This week, here’s an…
New Release-Bewitching The Bear
No Tuesday guest blogger today so thought as it’s release day, I’d share my new book with you. It’s the 14th story in my Kalispell Shifters series. It’s been about four years since I wrote the last one. Yes, it’s been long overdue. It picks up immediately after the 13th book in the series ended….
Monday Motivation-Just Write
I love this quote by Stephen King. It’s true that the moment that scares a writer the most is when they sit down to pen that first word. Don’t let your fingers hover over the keyboards or the pen shake in your hand, just write that first word, sentence, chapter and before you know it,…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Self Publishing Toolkit Launch
NaNoWriMo is almost over and how did you do? Got a story written? I’d planned to release my new book today but have launched three new products over at my Budget Smart Girl site, so thought I’d push back the release until December 1st. One of the products is a self publishing kit so if…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Emotions
I always say the best stories make you ‘feel’ something and that they pull on your emotional strings. Here’s an image of three women. This prompt is to write a story so you can practice your emotional writing skills. What emotion are you going to pack into this story? Anger, sadness, happiness or even all…
Monday Motivation-Compete With Only Yourself
My late mother used to call me a pefectionist. She was right, even when I was a child, I tried to make everything perfect. It puts a ton of pressure on you, not from outside forces but from within and we often do it with our writing. My need to be perfect slowed my writing…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Release Date Set
I got my edits done on my WIP…well, I guess it’s no longer a WIP. Now I have to format it. My idea was to release it on Black Friday, but I’m launching three new products over on my Budget Smart Girl site, so now my plan is to release…drum roll please, Bewitching the Bear…
Essential Elements of Any Great Story
Want to write a great story every time you sit down to write? Read on… Last weekend, I decided to clean and organize the pantry. A boring chore and I really wanted to sit and read but I decided to make the most of it. I pulled out my Ipad and clicked on the Tubi…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Sci Fi Anyone?
Not a science fiction writer but feel like tackling a sci fi story? Here’s a photo prompt to get you started. What great sci fi story can you create? Maybe your character even does some time traveling. Perhaps they wake up and see this image outside the window. An added benefit is, there are lots…