It’s been a hot week…and it’s getting hotter, and it’s also been a busy week. I got rights back to two stories that had appeared in anthologies five years ago. I usually like to give them a rewrite and polish them up some more. Some I like to give a total make-over. It’s amazing how…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-Do You Want to Be A Book Reviewer?
Friday greetings. Have any of you thought about becoming a book reviewer? The reason I ask is because the nice folks at Long and Short Reviews are currently looking for more reviewers. I’ve been reviewing for them for eight years and for both authors and readers it’s a win-win situation. While you won’t get paid,…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Teaching On a New Venue
Happy Friday to everyone. It’s crazy to think it’s already the 20th of the month. I got lots done this week including uploading some of my writing workshops to a new platform over at Teachable. My school is called The Writer’s Workshop. I’ll be adding more classes there soon. Next week I’ll be working…
Monday Writing Prompts-Blue Monday
Did you know that today is rumored to be the most depressing day of the year? Maybe it’s the after Christmas let down or the dark nights, whatever it is, it’s a great idea for a story. So for the prompt I’m giving you the title of Blue Monday. What happens and how does your…
Monday Writing Prompts-Train Journey
Here’s another photo prompt. Your character is going somewhere new to spend the holidays. They’ve decided to go by train. What happens and who do they meet on the ride? Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Prompts-Snowmobile
Here is this Monday’s photo and your character decides to try out his or her new snowmobile. What do they see along the way and what happens along the way? Have fun and happy writing.
NaNoWriMo-Days 28, 29 and 30
My apologies for not posting tips for the last couple of days but I got busy formatting books and trying to add more words to my NaNoWriMo story. It’s the final day of the challenge and while I haven’t finished the story, I have written 50,000 words plus this month which leads me into the…
NaNoWriMo-Days 19 and 20
I got too busy with writing to post a tip yesterday but made a note to do it today. As well as writing my NaNoWriMo story, I’m working on two other stories which brings me to today’s tip. If you ever get stuck while you’re writing, one thing that’s always worked for me is switching…
NaNoWriMo-Day 5 and 6
I didn’t get time to post a daily tip yesterday because I had lots on my to do list and then wanted to focus on writing for the rest of the day… which actually leads me into another tip. Not every day is going to be plan sailing so if you find yourself pushed…
NaNoWriMo-Day 3
I’m currently taking a break from today’s writing sprint which is also my tip of the day. Some people don’t like to quit writing until they’re done with their word count but I like to stop every fifteen minutes or so and take a break and stretch my legs or even grab of cup of tea.