A week that starts with a holiday always has me confused about what day it is. I’m convinced it’s Thursday but the date on my laptop tells me I’m wrong. Hopefully next week I’ll be less confused. Thank you to David and Heather, this week’s guest bloggers. I hope, like me, you enjoyed reading…
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The Meaning of Writing
Say hello to today’s guest blogger, Heather Gooden who shares something I think we all discover as writers… I’m grateful to be here guest blogging today. I was told to write about something writing related, so I decided I wanted to talk about what writing means to me. I’ve always loved to write, but for…
Writing from the Real
Welcome our first guest blogger of fall, David Hagerty, who tells us about how real life events inspire his stories… True events have inspired most of my work, including all three novels in my Duncan Cochrane mystery series about an Illinois governor whose daughter is murdered. For me, writing from real life offers both…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Three Day Weekend
I can’t believe that todays’ the last one of August. For some reason, the summer seems to have flown by. I’m a warm weather type of person although I do enjoy fall with the cooler temps and the change in colors. Speaking of fall…who’s going to take part in this year’s NaNoWriMo? If you…
Wednesday Writing Prompt-Dirty Hands
Not sure if we’ve ever had this type of prompt before but this week it’s the title that’s the prompt. The title of your story is Dirty Hands. Who has the dirty hands? How did they get the dirty hands? Maybe dirty hands is a name of a café, a town, code word or someone’s password… Lots…
Create Great Characters-People Watch
The class I’m teaching on creating great characters is coming to a close but it reminded me of one thing that all writers should do to create realistic characters and that’s people watch. I’ll be the first to admit that by nature I like to observe people. Maybe it’s my background in psychology (could…
Monday Motivation-You Can Be a Winner
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up-Nelson Mandela Nelson Mandela probably wasn’t specially thinking about writers when he offered this advice. However, I’ve always believed that the only difference between a published writer and unpublished one is the published author never quit writing or dreaming. This week (and every week), think like a…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Other Creative Pursuits-Artey Crafety
Sometimes you have to take a break from writing. Sometimes I cook, other times, I garden or go for a hike. When I’m away from my writing, I long for something equally creative so a few years ago I got the idea to make upcycled jewelry. Not sure where the name came from but…
White Room Syndrome
If you’ve ever taken one of my classes you’ll know that I’m not shy about telling you about my writing Achilles’ heel. I’m about to share it with the TWL community because I think letting others know about our weaknesses helps us all become better writers. My least favorite thing about writing (apart…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Phone Call
This week’s prompt focuses on a phone call. Your character is waiting for an important call. Is it good or bad news? How are they dealing with the wait? How do they handle the news? Have fun and happy writing.