Let me introduce you to one of my favorite editors (and I don’t say that lightly because I’ve worked with so many I’ve lost count). Kerry was one of my editors at Evernight Publishing and I loved working with her because she made my books shine. Lucky for me she freelances too. When I need…
Category: Writing Tips
Creating Characters With Rachel Brimble
Drum roll please…our first guest blogger at This Writer’s Life is Rachel Brimble and she’s sharing her tips about creating characters… How we create our characters is a question often asked of writers by their readers and aspiring novelists alike…and one I can answer fairly easily. At least, I can tell them the process that works for…
Writer’s Block-Fact or Fiction?
Yesterday was the anniversary of my father’s death. You might be wondering what that has to do with the title of the post…writer’s block. After my father died I went through a writing drought. I was in the middle of writing a mystery when he was diagnosed with cancer. While I didn’t devote much time…
Want to Be a Guest Blogger?
My goal for this site is to post something at least five days a week and yes, there’s only so much I can do so on Tuesdays and Thursdays I’m turning This Writer’s Life over to you. Established writer, aspiring writer, author, non-fiction guru…you get the picture. Only rule is it has to be a…
Three Ways to Achieve Your Writing Goals in 2018
I have a confession to make…I’m hopeless at keeping New Year resolutions. Usually they’re history by mid-January. However, many years ago I did set one that I stuck with and that was to write every day of the week. How did this one become goal actually achieved while the others were mere history? First thing, I didn’t…
Skillshare Classes
You’ve heard me mention Skillshare many times and that I teach on that platform. Next year I plan to upload two classes per month comprising of The Novel Writing Blueprint and The Freelance Writing Blueprint. They’ll be standalone classes but I think you’ll get more out of the experience if you follow along…
Stronger Writing
I’ve been sorting through half-finished manuscripts stored on my laptop. And as many of you know, I’ve also been revamping stories whose rights have been returned to me. These are older stories I wrote 5 or more years ago and revisiting them is teaching me a lot and hopefully making me a better writer…
Taking the NaNoWriMo Challenge or Thinking about Self-Publishing…Maybe Even Both!
If you’re thinking about taking this year’s NaNoWriMo challenge you might be interested in registering for the workshop I’m teaching for the Maryland Romance Writers…and no, it’s not just for authors who are planning to write a romance novel. I’ll share tips that will get you ready for when November 1st rolls around- …
Writing Through Loss and Writer’s Block
In my last Ramblings I mentioned that I wanted to pen a post about writing through painful events in your life so here it is. If you didn’t see last Friday’s Ramblings you won’t know that I recently learned that someone who was(and I should say, still is), very special to me, had passed…
Workshop Topics for 2018
Hi Everyone, I’m putting together ideas for workshops for 2018. I’d like to keep some old favorites but I’d also like to add some new topics and this is where you can help me. What writing topics would you want to see offered in a workshop? Would you like to see more beginning writing…