What sort of story does this image suggest? Remember it’s 500 words or less. Have fun and happy writing.
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Guest Author-Chris Eboch
Let’s welcome Chris Eboch to This Writer’s Life… Writers Can Keep Readers Turning the Pages with Powerful Paragraphing Look at a few pages of your novel, memoir, short story, etc. Don’t read them; just look at the balance of text and white space. Do you have only a few long paragraphs? Do you have mainly…
Guest Author J. B. Warrick
Please welcome J.B. Warrick to This Writer’s Life… TWL-Why and when did you decide to become an author? I’ve always wanted to be an author, and although I’ve worked as a creative in theater my whole adult life, I found it hard to finish novel-length works. Way back in college, I had a short story…
Accept the Challenge-Flowers
It’s February, a new month and new challenges. This time I thought we’d try some flash fiction. Are you ready to write something in say 500 words or less? Each week you’ll get an image and the challenge is to come up with a short, short stored based upon what you see. Here’s this week’s…
Guest Author-J. Arlene Culiner
It’s Wednesday so say hello to today’s guest author, J. Arelene Culiner This Writer’s Life-(TWL)-Welcome to This Writer’s Life, happy to have you join us today. Introduce yourself and tell us about yourself, your writing and your books. Thank you, Susan, for having me here as your guest. I write non-fiction as well as mysteries…
Monday Writing Tips-Stay Creative
Sometimes the muse goes to sleep, sometimes the muse goes into hibernation. When that happens, turn up the music, get out the paint, grab the coloring book, start dancing or whatever makes you feel like a child again. Relax, don’t worry about that work in progress or that you haven’t written anything this week. Spend…
Guest Author-Pat Garcia
It’s Wednesday and let’s welcome Pat Garcia to This Writer’s Life… Hello, Everyone, Everything must change; nothing remains the same, a song by Nina Simone. I’m Pat Garcia. As a writer, I know these words are accurate, but they are still hard to swallow. Sometimes, change creates a glorious high where my cup of joy…
Monday Writing Tips-Don’t Overthink It
A story is finished when you’ve done all that you could. Don’t let perfection prevent you from submitting your work. Sometimes we’re our own worst critic. Have faith in yourself as an author and send it out, share it with a critique partner or group and hopefully someone else will give you feedback and you’ll…
Accept the Challenge-Hobbits Anyone?
Week four and this location reminds me of hobbits and the Lord of the Rings. Maybe it’s an Air BNB or home to some magical people. Have fun and happy writing.
Meet Guest Author-Maggie Blackbird
This week, our guest blogger is author Maggie Blackbird… When you’re setting is a special place, drafting the novel, I find, is easy. Seriously. It didn’t take me long to draft Her Competition (mind you editing is a whole other ball game LOL). The city is steeped in history, and since it’s a place where…