Last day of spring and it’s a another near perfect day. This week has been very hot but I braved the humidity and took my office outside. After an overnight storm, it’s now cooler and my sort of day so I’m finishing work early and heading outside to work on my list of summer…
Time for another Hi Susan question. This one came from Cameron, who asked Do you think it’s essential that an author have a blog they consistently post to? I’ve been blogging for about 15 years and the landscape has certainly changed. I started out blogging about saving money not writing, but it did,…
It’s week three of the June continuing story. In week one, your character decided to learn to skateboard. Week two focused on the character going to a cafe and seeing someone they knew. This week, after striking up a conversation about learning to skateboard, it seems the old acquaintance has been skateboarding for years. Your…
Say hello to this week’s guest blogger, JL Peridot… When did you begin writing? From a very young age. Seven, I think? I remember sitting at my dad’s computer in the first house we ever lived in, saying to myself I was going to write a book. I didn’t even know what a “novel” was…
If you ever feel your writing is going nowhere, please keep on writing. As this quote reminds us, what we do now, what we do today, can change our tomorrow and sets us up for success somewhere down the road. Today’s going no where story could be tomorrow’s bestseller!
Today, I realized that we’re almost at the halfway point of June. Summer solstice is next week which means days will begin getting shorter and the year’s half way done. Anyone else thinking someone’s put this year on fast forward! I thought 2018 went by in the blink of an eye but 2020 is on…
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Don’t have time to sit down and work on your novel? Some days, no matter how much you try, you can’t find time to write…maybe you don’t feel like working on your novel. I tell my students they should write every day but I quickly add, it doesn’t have to be another chapter from…
This is part 2 of our month long continuing short story. Last week your character decided to try skateboarding with the opening line, I can do this. How did they do? Failure or success? After their first skateboarding attempt, they find a cafe. They decide to get a drink. As they sit there, they…
Say hello, to our Tuesday Guest author, Caroline Clemmons- When did you begin writing? I’ve made up stories as long as I can remember. The early ones always involved a princess and a castle, illustrated by me. What can I say, I was very young. Later, I studied journalism, which is a different way of…
For the month of June, I thought we’d switch to some affirmations instead of quotes. I chose this one because I think writing is a dream for many people. What is holding you back from writing a book, finishing a book or even launching yourself as a freelance writer? The answer should be simple.…
