Not a science fiction writer but feel like tackling a sci fi story? Here’s a photo prompt to get you started. What great sci fi story can you create? Maybe your character even does some time traveling. Perhaps they wake up and see this image outside the window. An added benefit is, there are lots…
A Mid NaNoWriMo Pep Talk
Taking part in NaNoWriMo? Been writing every day? Congratulations. You’re now over the half way point. As we don’t have a guest blogger today, I thought I’d take this space to give you a mid NaNoWriMo pep talk to help you make it across the finish line. Just think how proud you’re going to feel…
Monday Motivation-Silence The Inner Critic
Do you often tell yourself that your story is awful, or that you’ll never be as good the author whose book you just read? I’ve done it. Even after writing one hundred plus books and stories, I have days when I think my writing isn’t good enough. It’s okay to have days like those but…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Getting Close to a New Release
It’s almost mid November and I’m about two weeks away from releasing a new book. You’d think by now I wouldn’t give it a second thought, wouldn’t get excited about it, but it’s my first ‘new’ one in what seems like forever. For the last three years, the majority of books I’ve published have been…
Worried Your Plot Isn’t Unique Enough?
Editors and agents see lots of manuscript each week. Readers see lots of newly self published books each week. So, how do you make yours stand out? How do you take a plot that everyone’s seen hundreds of times before and put a new spin on it? One easy way to give your readers something…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-These Shoes Were Made For Walking
Time for another video prompt. Where is the man walking? Who does he meet? Someone he knows? Has he walked to this location with a specific goal in mind? Lots you can do with this so have fun and happy writing.
What’s Happening In 2021?
No guest blogger today. Instead, I thought I’d share with you my plans for This Writer’s Life in 2021. I have some changes in the works. First one will be switching over from WordPress.com to WordPress.org. I’ll be doing that over the holiday break the end of December. Hopefully, it will go smoothly. I have…
Monday Motivation-Brand New Start
There are so many quotes that can apply to writing as well as life. This is one of them. In fact, writers can find inspiration from it in two ways. Best thing about writing is if you hate the opening of your story, there’s nothing stopping you from rewriting it. Just highlight and hit that…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Short Work Day
Record breaking highs today so I’m getting all my work done this morning so I can finish the workweek at noon today. Am I going outside just to soak in the last of the warmth? Only wish I was! More leaf raking to do and probably the last for the year. Rain and possibly snow…
More Tips for NaNoWriMo
It’s NaNoWriMo and how are you doing? I thought I’d share with you some more of my favorite tips to help you finish the first week. Take Breaks A long, long time ago, I used to be able to sit for hours and write. Now if I do that, my body tells me it was…