On Monday, I’ll begin teaching How To Get Ready for NaNoWriMo for the very last time. The class is going into retirement and eventually into the archived classes over at my Zenler writing school portal. Today, I thought I’d share with you what I think are the top five tips you need to know to stand the…
Tag: authorship
Monday Motivation-You Are The Only Limitation
You’ve heard of the saying about being your own worst enemy and I sometimes think that applies to writing. It’s all too easy to get into your own head, hear those voices of self doubt…the ones that tell you you’re not as good as bestselling author A, don’t write prose like author B, and…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-800 and Counting
The This Writer’s Life community is now 800 followers strong and still counting. Remember my goal is to reach 1,000 by the end of the year. We have three months to go so spread the word because I have lots planned for 2020 and beyond. I love it when I get ahead with my to…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-The Road to Fall
It’s now officially fall (well, maybe spring for some of you), so I thought we’d use a fall prompt. Your character journeys along this road. Where is it and why have that chosen this route? Are they going to meet someone? If you’re journaling, you can use this photo to write something about a fall…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Fall Reading List
It’s almost fall but this week it’s felt like summer. Hot, humid, and air conditioning time again. The leaves are falling and piling up. There’s something about raking them when it’s hot that feels strange to me. Years ago, it used to be chilly and you’d want to head indoors for something hot. How things…
When One Door Closes…
Judy Penz Sheluk is back again and shares with us a story that illustrates how when one door closes another one opens… It was July 7, and I was enjoying a well-deserved six-week vacation at our camp on Lake Superior when the email arrived in my inbox: my traditional publisher, Barking Rain Press (BRP), announced that…
Writing Rituals
Last week, I listened to an interview with an artist who was talking about how to free yourself from a creative block. She gave lots of great tips but one in particular struck a chord with me. Rituals. You’ve heard me mention many times that I didn’t write novels for almost a decade after my…
Monday Motivation-Make A Reader Happy
This might seem like a strange quote to motivate you to write, but think about this. What if the story you’ve been hesitating to write, putting off finishing, or even too afraid to submit, is one that’s going to bring a smile to someone’s face? A story so beautiful it turns a bad day into…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Friday the 13th
I hadn’t realized today was Friday the 13th until I turned on my laptop this morning. I come from a family with tales of just about every supersition that’s out there. Still to this day, I still won’t put a hat on the bed or new shoes on the kitchen table, I could go on for quite awhile….
Writing for Fun
Today’s guest blogger is Mike Lord who shares with us his writing process and why he decided to self-publish his books… People often ask me when I prefer to write. With me it’s not like that at all: When I think of a story I work out the plot and an outline of the characters…