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!
Author: This Writer's Life
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…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Elements
I’ve been posting writing prompts for a long time and coming up with something just a tad different gets harder each year. However, after some brainstorming, I thought we’d try using some earth, natural elements for themes of this month’s stories. This week it’s water. Water…that could be the ocean, a lake, a stream, or…
Five Writing Resources
No guest blogger this week so thought I’d share this quick post with you. Five writing resources to check out. An Old Favorite I never know why I didn’t get a subscription to this gem of a magazine but each time I went to a certain supermarket, I’d pick up a copy of The…
Monday Motivation-Name It
There are lots of reasons to quit writing. As this quote reminds us, name it, and it takes away not only the shame but the mystery behind why some writers give up, while others continue on. If you’ve quit in the past, think about why and give it a name. For example- Hurt by rejection…