One thing I did over the break was look at all the work I’d started and never finished. Articles half completed, stories with just a few sentences, a book half written, and some non-fiction books started last year… The list goes on and I hadn’t realized how many unfinished projects I had. I was suddenly…
Tag: authorship
Dear Susan-Should I Quit Writing?
Our first Dear Susan post of the year. Joy sent me this e-mail… I’ve been writing for five years, sent out what seems like lots of stories. I know I’ve been close to getting published a few times but it doesn’t seem like it’s ever going to happen. Any advice about when I should…
Story Length-Does it Matter?
Say hello to the first guest blogger of 2019, Barbara Plum whose post takes us back to our school days… Remember those dreaded high-school English themes? Did your teacher, when asked about length, compare the assignment to a skirt? “Long enough to cover the subject. Short enough to be interesting.” Say what? How does this…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-2018…that’s a wrap
Welcome winter (or summer…I know many of the TWL followers live in Australia and New Zealand). Another year is slowly becoming history. It’s the end of the work year for me. I’m planning to take a two week break from most of my usual writing activities. There will not be a Monday Motivation or Prompts for the next two weeks, but…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Looking Back
2018 is slowly coming to an end. I’ve achieved lots of things on my to do list but I still didn’t get my mystery finished. It’s on top of my 2019 list. Have you made your list yet? I think writing your goals down does help you become more accountable for getting things done….
Monday Motivation-Don’t Judge a Book By Its (rough) Chapters
I saw this quote while I know it’s not about books, I thought it was a perfect fit for Monday Motivation. We’re often our own worse critics. We hit bumps in the road of writing, think the story isn’t going to work, and give up. So the message of the week is don’t judge your story…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Which Writing Path to Take?
Last day in November, last day of teaching workshops for the year, first day that snow has fallen and is sticking around. Thank you to Meredith for guest blogging this week. And while I’m on the subject of saying thank you and workshops. A huge thank you to everyone who’s taken one of my workshops,…
The Blank Page-Friend Not Enemy
I always tell my writing students to not overthink their plot, their characters, and to simply get what’s in their head down on paper. It sounds easy but some of them tell me they’ll still struggling with that blank page. I know I’ve been in their position at one point. New exercise book open…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Too Many Ideas?
It’s snowing, it’s cold, and I’m already missing summer. I often write about bears, well actually bear shifters, and I think they must be the smartest animals because they choose to sleep through winter. Thank you to this week’s guest blogger, Beth…she’ll be back with us again in January. How is everyone doing with NaNoWriMo?…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Where’s October Gone?
I just realized I’m writing the last Ramblings for October. I’m not sure where it went. Anyone else feel that once we reach Halloween, it’s a new year before you know it? Thank you to Angela, this week’s guest blogger. And thank you to everyone who’s signed up for next month and December. All the…