Fall always signals it’s time to start planning the remaining part of the year. In this post, I thought I’d share with you some of the projects I have lined up for TWL. Guest Bloggers First up, there are 8 open slots for Tuesday guest bloggers. If you want to post something about a writing…
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Wednesday Writing Prompts-Earth
Continuing with the elements for our August prompts. This week it’s earth. It could actually be planet earth…sci-fi story maybe? Or it could feature something to do with earth/dirt. Maybe gardening is your character’s hobby. Maybe they’re burying something or digging it up? Have fun and happy writing.
Upcoming Writing Classes and A New Format for 2021
No, Tuesday guest blogger this week. The last session of the summer writing retreat is over half way done and after a week break, I’ll then be back to focusing on teaching the last classes for 2020, two of them will be regular workshops, while the other four are boot camps. I usually tell…
Monday Motivation-Constant Writing
You wouldn’t think this quote has anything to do with writing, but to me, it does. Guess what writing every day leads to? A finished book!
Friday Ramblings-New Story Begins
Story number 14 of my Kalispell Shifters series is officially underway. If you saw my Thursday post, you know I ended up tweaking it. Once I began writing, the two main characters guided me in a new direction. Something I often tell my students not to worry about. I’m liking this new direction a whole…
Hi Susan-I Think I’ve Lost the Plot
A backlog of Hi Susan e-mails prompted me to respond to one. Nina send me this- I’ve been working on my story for a two weeks. Prior to that I spend months, outlining, plotting but now I feel I want to take it in another direction. Should I throw this one away and…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Wind
Continuing with our natural elements theme for the month. This week it’s wind. Maybe it’s about a tornado, a hurricane or just a windy day. Perhaps something blows away or blows into the yard of your character. Have fun and happy writing.
Tuesday Guest Blogger- Jan Selbourne
Meet our guest blogger for today, Jan Selbourne When did you begin writing? I’ve always had the urge to write but career, marriage, children, put that urge on the backburner. When I retired, it was ‘me’ time to begin writing, but I floundered until a magazine article and my grandfather’s WW1 military records gave me…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-New Release (Well, Sort Of)
This week I published a new story and I use the word new loosely because I wrote it back in 2016 as part of my Big Sky County series. As I had plans to self publish, I had to wait until I got rights back to the last book in the series before I could…
Making It to the Small Screen
I’ve lost count of the number of posts on this site but one remains a favorite. In fact, it’s the top post year after year and that’s how to get published with Hallmark. Half the interest is publishing a book with them, the other, having their story idea turned into a Hallmark movie…especially…