Something has to happen in your story. No one wants to read about a character who faces no challenges. What’s standing in the way of your character’s goals? Who and what is stopping your character from being happy? Figure that out and you have the beginning of a great story.
Tag: authorship
Book Tour Stop-Marc Macdonald
Please welcome Marc Macdonald to This Writer’s Life. This is one stop on his book tour to support his novel Between Two Seasons. TWL-Why and when did you decide to become an author? I was one of many writers how finally sat down to write the novel living in their heads during the COVID-19…
Wednesday Guest Author-Ella Braeme author of Rekindled Flame
Please welcome Ella Braeme, author of Rekindled Flame to This Writer’s Life…. Book Details Book 1 in the Burning Hearts series: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FD87RMRV Publication Date: September 3, 2025 37,000 words / 137 pages Available in Kindle Unlimited and as paperback Perfect for fans of Susan Stoker and Zoe York. Blurb When old flames reignite, sparks fly….
Accept the Challenge-The Vintage Car
It’s the final week of the August challenges and the story prompt this time is all about a vintage yellow car. What sort of story can you create featuring this vehicle? Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Tips-Write the First Draft and…
Relax. Don’t sweat the first draft because no-ones going to read or critique it. The main thing is to get it written.
Accept the Challenge-Sunflowers
This week your story prompt is a summer favorite and it’s a sunflower. Have fun and happy writing.
Book Tour Stop-Tales from Planet Sanos
Please welcome a bunch of talented authors who today stop by on their book tour to support their wonderful new book Planet Sanos. The future is grim. Seven human women, trained in survival and negotiation are being permitted to land on Planet Sanos with one goal: secure a future for the humans of Earth… at…
Monday Writing Tips-Writing is Everything
If all you think about are your characters, your plot, a wonderful snippet of dialogue that your character is eager to share, then you are, and there’s no doubt about it, an author.
Book Tour Stop-The Detective Tom Robertson Series by A.G. Winkworth
Please welcome author A.G. Winkworth to This Writer’s Life… Join Tom and his colleagues in the feel-good Detective Tom Robertson series, which combines police procedural crime fiction and murder mystery with compelling characters and a thread of humour. Wrath of Revenge Detective Tom Robertson Book 1 by A.G. Winkworth Genre: Crime Thriller, Murder Mystery Detective…
Accept the Challenge-Yellow Bird
It’s week two and this time your story prompt is to try and figure out a story featuring this yellow bird. Have fun and happy writing.