It’s almost the end of the year. Although, September has become my favorite time to set new goals for the following 12 months, I also use the turn of the calendar to plan. Here are some questions I always ask myself to help me plan and stay motivated and I hope you’ll find them useful…
Tag: authorship
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Two POVS
We have three more writing prompts left for the year (including this one). In 2021, we’ll switch to monthly prompts where you can pick and choose from a whole bunch of ideas. So to say goodbye to the old style, I thought we’d mix things up for the rest of 2020. This week, here’s an…
Monday Motivation-Just Write
I love this quote by Stephen King. It’s true that the moment that scares a writer the most is when they sit down to pen that first word. Don’t let your fingers hover over the keyboards or the pen shake in your hand, just write that first word, sentence, chapter and before you know it,…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Self Publishing Toolkit Launch
NaNoWriMo is almost over and how did you do? Got a story written? I’d planned to release my new book today but have launched three new products over at my Budget Smart Girl site, so thought I’d push back the release until December 1st. One of the products is a self publishing kit so if…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Emotions
I always say the best stories make you ‘feel’ something and that they pull on your emotional strings. Here’s an image of three women. This prompt is to write a story so you can practice your emotional writing skills. What emotion are you going to pack into this story? Anger, sadness, happiness or even all…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Release Date Set
I got my edits done on my WIP…well, I guess it’s no longer a WIP. Now I have to format it. My idea was to release it on Black Friday, but I’m launching three new products over on my Budget Smart Girl site, so now my plan is to release…drum roll please, Bewitching the Bear…
Essential Elements of Any Great Story
Want to write a great story every time you sit down to write? Read on… Last weekend, I decided to clean and organize the pantry. A boring chore and I really wanted to sit and read but I decided to make the most of it. I pulled out my Ipad and clicked on the Tubi…
A Mid NaNoWriMo Pep Talk
Taking part in NaNoWriMo? Been writing every day? Congratulations. You’re now over the half way point. As we don’t have a guest blogger today, I thought I’d take this space to give you a mid NaNoWriMo pep talk to help you make it across the finish line. Just think how proud you’re going to feel…
Monday Motivation-Silence The Inner Critic
Do you often tell yourself that your story is awful, or that you’ll never be as good the author whose book you just read? I’ve done it. Even after writing one hundred plus books and stories, I have days when I think my writing isn’t good enough. It’s okay to have days like those but…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Getting Close to a New Release
It’s almost mid November and I’m about two weeks away from releasing a new book. You’d think by now I wouldn’t give it a second thought, wouldn’t get excited about it, but it’s my first ‘new’ one in what seems like forever. For the last three years, the majority of books I’ve published have been…