This week’s prompt is about letter writing. You’ve probably heard about people who decide to write a letter to their younger self and that’s what your character decides to do. At what age is ‘their younger self’ and what do they discover about themselves and the past during the process. I think this one…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-Self-Publishing Made Easy
Welcome to summer…or winter if you’re in the southern part of the world. It doesn’t feel much like summer today but I’m not complaining because the cooler temps are just fine with me. This week I’ve been participating in an online retreat. Not a writing one, but workshops that center around creativity. One common theme…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-I’m So Glad It’s Friday
Ever had one of those weeks? Yes we all have them and this week it was my turn. It’s been a hot and humid week and where I live that means storms. And storms mean the power and internet connection goes out more than you’d like. If you work at home that’s not a good…
Monday Writing Prompts-Emotion
This week’s prompt focuses on emotion. What is your character feeling and why? It could be that they’re sad, happy, angry…lots you can do with this one. Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Two Books Down and One to Go
It’s been a hot week…and it’s getting hotter, and it’s also been a busy week. I got rights back to two stories that had appeared in anthologies five years ago. I usually like to give them a rewrite and polish them up some more. Some I like to give a total make-over. It’s amazing how…
Monday Writing Prompts-Photo Prompt
Today’s prompt is a photo one and here it is. It could be your character is visiting this area, thinking about going on vacation or even lost in the desert. Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-New Book
It’s June and the perfect time to see how well you’re doing with your goals for the year. I’m behind with my fiction but that’s probably because I’m getting rights back to a book a month and getting somewhat swamped with work. At least I managed to get a non-fiction book released and here’s the cover…another one…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Selecting Books for Summer Reading
It’s been a week of rain, rain, and more rain, and now it’s back in the 50s again. Despite the lousy weather I’ve been looking at books to read this summer. I don’t know why but I always find reading in summer more enjoyable than any other time of the year. I have a prime…
Q and A-Should You Enter a Writing Contest?
Today I’m a debuting a new question and answer feature on the site. The first question is should you enter a writing contest? I’ll answer that with a maybe. Writing contests have been pretty good for me so I might be a little biased with my response. The first money I earned as an…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Almost Summer Reading Season
It’s the last Friday in April and the month seemed to fly by. May always has me thinking about summer reading and what books I’m going to put on this year’s list. I am way behind on my reading. I have six books that have been sitting on my Kindle since Christmas and I…