Published writers aren’t always the best writers but they are the most determined. They had a dream and were determined to see it turn into reality. This week, be determined to start or finish your story.
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-Upcoming Mini-Break
Last Ramblings of August and the online writing retreat ends on Monday. Seems like only yesterday I was planning the whole event. This week was mostly devoted to writing the new book in my Kalispell Shifters series. I love it on the days when you don’t want to stop writing and your fingers feel…
Tuesday Guest Blogger-Dee S. Knight
Today, Dee S. Knight is back to tell us why she’s a fan of Law and Order…hint, it has something to do with great writing! I’m sitting here watching Law & Order re-runs during lunch and thinking of all the things I should be doing, like working on a short story due in a…
Monday Motivation-It Really Is About Consistency
We’ve been using the theme of consistency for the Monday Motivation quotes and here’s another one that reminds us that anything that’s important needs consistency to make it happen.
Fall Plans-What’s Ahead?
Fall always signals it’s time to start planning the remaining part of the year. In this post, I thought I’d share with you some of the projects I have lined up for TWL. Guest Bloggers First up, there are 8 open slots for Tuesday guest bloggers. If you want to post something about a writing…
Hi Susan-I Think I’ve Lost the Plot
A backlog of Hi Susan e-mails prompted me to respond to one. Nina send me this- I’ve been working on my story for a two weeks. Prior to that I spend months, outlining, plotting but now I feel I want to take it in another direction. Should I throw this one away and…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Wind
Continuing with our natural elements theme for the month. This week it’s wind. Maybe it’s about a tornado, a hurricane or just a windy day. Perhaps something blows away or blows into the yard of your character. Have fun and happy writing.
Tuesday Guest Blogger- Jan Selbourne
Meet our guest blogger for today, Jan Selbourne When did you begin writing? I’ve always had the urge to write but career, marriage, children, put that urge on the backburner. When I retired, it was ‘me’ time to begin writing, but I floundered until a magazine article and my grandfather’s WW1 military records gave me…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-New Release (Well, Sort Of)
This week I published a new story and I use the word new loosely because I wrote it back in 2016 as part of my Big Sky County series. As I had plans to self publish, I had to wait until I got rights back to the last book in the series before I could…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Elements
I’ve been posting writing prompts for a long time and coming up with something just a tad different gets harder each year. However, after some brainstorming, I thought we’d try using some earth, natural elements for themes of this month’s stories. This week it’s water. Water…that could be the ocean, a lake, a stream, or…
