Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
Sometimes writing is like training for a marathon, all work, all sweat, sometimes all pain (yes, those rejections). I found what helped me through all that was keeping my eye on the prize. That prize being, getting published, seeing your story in print, and sharing your words with the world. Each time you sit down to…
The week begin with a day off from work and ends that way too. The sun is shining and I’m writing this Ramblings earlier than normal so, yes you’ve probably guess it, I can head outside. The May boot camp ended yesterday. Looks like one class…getting ready for contests and conferences will be canceled…
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For this post, it’s going to be odds and ends of info and what I’m planning for TWL in the coming months. First up, have you ever thought about entering a contest? The first money I ever earned as an author was via a contest. I found these links to some writing contests that…
For the last prompt of May, let’s go with a photo prompt. When I first saw this I thought horror story and then historical. So it’s your choice will your story be horror, historical or a blend of both? Have fun and happy writing.
Summer reading season is here. One of my fondest memories from my childhood is reading in the garden with the sun shining down on me. There’s something about being outside that makes the story you’re reading that much more vivid. At the time, I never thought being an author but who knows maybe it’s this deep…
My backyard is a constant source of animal sightings. This morning while enjoying my morning cup of tea, I spotted a coyote, lunch time it was two deer, and mid-afternoon a duck. Maybe I should start including them in my stories. How about you? Seen anything that’s later become a story or part of a story?…
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Here’s today’s Thursday guest blogger, Mageela Troche telling us how to overcome fear in writing… There is much to a writer’s life. Writing, revising, submitting, publishing, social media, publicity and us writers have to do it all over again. One part of a writer’s life that can pull you into a deep hole has nothing…
This week’s prompts is based on the saying that there are always two sides to every story. (This is also a great Point of View exercise too). Your story features two characters and each have their own take on what happened. How do the two stories differ…or are the same in certain spots of…
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It seems like a lifetime ago now that I had one of my stories published in an anthology published by Bridge House Publishing. The owner, Gill James, still sends newsletters to us, and the other week, I thought, Gill would be the perfect person to interview for TWL as she has so many writing resources and opportunities for…
It was a rainy Saturday, I was stuck inside thinking about watching a movie as I sketched . Something else caught my eye on Netflix. It was a motivational talk given by Brene Brown called The Call to Courage. I’m sorry to say I’d never heard of her before even though she’s a bestselling author.…
