Another week, another foot of snow and I end this one with a cold. At least I have the weekend to recover (and what a great excuse to just sit and binge watch movies). I’ve been working non-stop all week getting my classes revamped and uploaded to the new platform so I can launch the…
Tag: authorship
Writer’s Block-Fact or Fiction?
Yesterday was the anniversary of my father’s death. You might be wondering what that has to do with the title of the post…writer’s block. After my father died I went through a writing drought. I was in the middle of writing a mystery when he was diagnosed with cancer. While I didn’t devote much time…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Lost Purse
This week’s prompt is all about a lost purse. Who loses it and where is up to you. It could be your main character who loses their purse or maybe they’re the person who finds it. What’s in it? Does the person finding it think about keeping it or something inside it? Are they…
Monday Motivation-Vision It
When rejection letters start to pile up it’s easy just to throw in the towel. However, one thing that kept me going was my vision. I’d sit and see a bookstore and I’d go inside and see my name on lots of books on one of the shelves. When I got really down, I’d…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-TGIF
Whoever first coined TGIF had my sort of week. No, it wasn’t awful, and it wasn’t even bad. It was just busy. So busy that I think my brain got slightly scrambled, eyes got fatigued and fingers weren’t working efficiently across the keyboard. I phoned one of my students for a coaching call at the wrong time. At…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Forgetfulness
Do you ever think, I’ve got no idea what to write about? Just look what’s happening around you or what you’re doing. I’ll be honest because today I almost forget that Wednesday is the new day to post these prompts. Yes, you’ve guessed it today’s prompt focuses on forgetfulness. What does your character forget? Something important that…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-This Writer’s Life Gets a Makeover
I seem have gotten a lot done this week and I’m guessing it’s due to the energy of the New Year. One thing I’d been meaning to do in what seems like forever was give this site a makeover. I even managed to get that done too. Let me know what you think of…
Monday Motivation-Perfection Not Allowed
Welcome to the first Monday Motivation post. Today’s focus is on a topic I wrote about for my January Writer’s Room article and that’s perfection. Perfection is something that can actually stop us from reaching our goals or trying something new like writing a book or a short story. We compare ourselves to other…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-First Ramblings of 2018
I’m slowly getting back into the swing of things after the holiday break. I’ve not been as productive as I’d hoped but it’s an okay start to the new year. One thing I did manage to get done was the revamp of my Web site. My intent was to get a professional to overhaul…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Where is Everyone?
I know it’s holiday season but has anyone else noticed that this week everyone seems to have already left the building? I belong to more than a few online writing groups and no one’s been posting anything all week. I’ve received half the amount of e-mails I normally do. Even people that usually get back to me ASAP when…