For this writing prompt your character has received a gift certificate for a flight in a hot air balloon. Some questions to ponder before you begin writing… Have they ever been in one before? Who gave them the gift? Do they hate heights? Do they have a fear of flying? Do they overcome their…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-A Teacher to Watch
Happy Friday everyone. I’ll start this Ramblings with some good news. This week I got an e-mail from Skillshare telling me I’ve been named a teacher to watch. It’s a platform I love offering my classes on so it meant a lot to me. And thank you to the students who have taken my classeses because…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Can’t Sleep
This week’s prompt is all about a character who can’t sleep. What’s keeping them awake at night? Something good or something bad. Maybe the something bad stems from guilt. Does a nightmare wake them? The same one? Do they wake up at the same time every day? What are the consequences of their lack…
Use Astrology To Create Characters with Janet Lane Walters
Have you ever struggled to create a captivating character that stands out from the crowd? Today’s guest bloggers tells us all about using astrology… When I use Astrology to cast my main characters, I use the Sun sign, the Moon sign and the Rising sign. The Sun denotes the person’s inner self. The Moon…
Monday Motivation-Listen To Your Heart
When the rejections start to build up, self-doubt can build up too. Many times I used to think maybe I’m not supposed to be an author. That’s what my head was telling me but my heart always had an opposing view. It told me, it’s not supposed to be easy. Anything you truly want…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-New Releases
Happy Friday everyone. I’ve spent most of the week working on the back titles. I managed to get two more re-released. Here they are- Now I’m working on two more. Two stories that I not only enjoyed writing a lot, but they are also two of my all time favorites. They were…
“Guilty!” Not. Tips for Writing Legal Suspense, by V.S. Kemanis
Today author and guest blogger V.S. Kemanis has some tips for writers who want to add authentic courtroom drama to their stories… “Write what you know” is the advice we often hear as writers. The wisdom of this maxim is often debated, not to mention its meaning. For me, the best and wisest meaning…
Banish Your Writer Shortcomings with Madeline McEwen
I was moved by a previous post here—“Writers Block Fact or Fiction”—and reflected on how events affect our lives so profoundly, and yet so differently. While that writer understandably found herself unable to write following the death of her father by contrast I have always escaped whatever troubles me through the craft of writing…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Dream a Little Dream
This week’s prompt is all about dreaming. Your character has a dream where he or she is on a train track. Does their dream reveal how they got there? What happens when they begin to walk along the tracks? Do they run into someone from their past? What happens when they wake up? Have…
PJ’s Top 5 Self-care Tools for Writers
PJ Sharon has some great tips about self care all writers need after spending time at the keyboards… Ever wish you had a massage therapist on call for those times your knots have knots and your neck and back make you feel a hundred years old? Well, unless you’re a bestselling author making a…