Please welcome author Monica Hargraves to This Writer’s Life… Whether you experienced foster care or adoption or neither, this story will encourage you to keep believing that good will find you. Faded Red Beads: From an Orphanage to a Disrupted Adoption. A Story of Courage, Resiliency and Faith. by Monica Hargrave Genre: Nonfiction Inspirational Biography…
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Monday Writing Tips-Reward Yourself
Have you met your word count for the day…for the week or even month? Why not reward yourself…it could be a movie or even your favorite ice cream.
Monday Writing Tips-It’s One Scene and Then Another
Don’t panic just think of writing your book as a series of scenes and weave them together.
Monday Writing Tips-Listen to Dialogue
Some people struggle with writing dialogue. Go to a coffee shop and sit and listen to how real people talk.
Monday Writing Tips-Get in the Zone
The zone isn’t imagined. It’s that magical place where you get lost in the story, time stops, you focus and you write. Try listening to music, do something creative before you start to write. Find out what gets you into that zone.
Accept the Challenge-Sewing
This week your character tries their hand at learning to sew. What do they make? Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Tips-Finish Strong
Lots of people start writing a novel and never finish…don’t be one of those writers.
Accept the Challenge-Let’s Sing
This week your character learns to sing. Have fun and happy writing.
Book Tour Stop-Lauren Wagner
Please welcome Lauren Wagner author of Misquided Trust to This Writer’s Life… GENRE: Eco Thriller BLURB: Following a catastrophic nuclear war, Sara lives in a town where the government controls every drop of water. Strict rationing tightly regulates residents’ lives, and to fall sick is to be executed. Sara’s life becomes more dangerous and complicated…
Monday Writing Tips-You Can Do It
You can do it. Don’t let anyone tell you that you’ll never be a writer. Don’t let rejections get you down.