Let’s kick off the May prompts with a story centered around a little furry creature. It can also be used as a character building exercise to figure out how he or she reacts in certain situations. Your character wakes up to find he or she is not alone. There’s a mouse in the house….
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Story Sparklers
No Tuesday guest blogger today and I didn’t have time to write a post so I thought the next best thing was another story sparkler. Here are a set of objects that need to be fitted into a short story. You can use one or if you’re brave enough, all of them. Have fun….
Monday Motivation-Could Have, Should Have
This quote says it all, don’t wait until tomorrow, write today.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Happy May
Welcome to May. Some people thought April moved along slowly but for me, it flew by. I couldn’t believe that I was already posting a final message to my April students. Plotting Your Novel boot camp kicks off on Monday. We still have some spaces open if you’re interested. We decided to cancel…
How to Fix a Sagging Middle
Do you often suffer from a sagging middle? I know that sounds like the beginning of an ad or sales pitch for some miracle weight loss or exercise cure but it’s a huge problem for authors. And no, not because we sit on our butts a lot. I’m talking about the story that starts perfectly…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Photo Prompt
The last prompt of the month so I thought we’d try a photo one. Here it is…what sort of story can you conjure up? Have fun and happy writing.
Tuesday Guest Blogger-Luanna Stewart
Say hello to today’s guest blogger, Luanna Stewart… When did you begin writing? My first book was published in 2010, under a previous pen name, and I’d been writing for a couple years before that. What’s been your biggest challenge? About six months after I started writing (with the idea of some day publishing) I…
Monday Motivation-Set a Deadline
One of the first things I make my coaching students do is set a deadline. Without one, you get lost, you stay unfocused, and today becomes tomorrow, next week, next month, and before you know it you’re the person who wanted to write a book one day. This week make a note of the deadline…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Solar Oven Owner
It’s the last Friday of the month. I’m sure April just began. I don’t know if it’s all the upheaval that’s going on in all our lives right now or what, but did April just fly by? It means it’s time to start promoting next month’s classes…two boot camps in fact, one is Plotting…
More of This and That
Almost forgot it was Wednesday and I hadn’t written anything for today’s post. I thought I’d use this opportunity to write another one of my this and that…throwing in anything I feel might be useful to you. There’s lots going on in the world of publishing, some not so good news for publishers but…