Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
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.…
I wrote this blog post for Coffeetime Romance and thought I’d share it with you here… Another year is coming to an end. It’s often a time of reflection when many of us ask ourselves have we achieved all the goals we set out to conquer? Did you get that book finally finished this year? Did you…
The ground is now covered in snow and the backyard was visited by six deer looking for food. You could say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. This is the time of year I start to think about the new one and my projects. I’ve been sorting through old files and found one…
Read more Friday Ramblings From An Author-Organizing and Planning
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,…
Read more Friday Ramblings From An Author-Which Writing Path to Take?
Say hello to guest blogger, Meredith Bond, who tells us why she writes… There’s recently been a thread on a discussion group I follow (I rarely participate, but I always read the postings of others) about why people publish what they’ve written. There have been some really interesting responses. Some people want immortality, to be…
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…
I saw this quote which is applicable to everything we’re trying to achieve but never more so than writing a book. If you really want to write a story, you’ll find someway to squeeze in ten minutes here or there to do it.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. And thank you to this week’s guest bloggers, Tarina and Mary. Anyone had today off work? I decided to take two days off. Well, I say that but I still sneaked in a couple of things. This morning I did some online Christmas shopping and this afternoon did some…
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It’s almost Black Friday and lots of people will head to the malls to shop. For this prompt your character is one of them but when they arrive at the mall it’s empty. Your character says the words where is everyone and for the rest of the story, he or she sets out to…
The end of another work week. I have to admit I’ll be happy for a break next week. This month’s boot camp finished yesterday and just two more weeks of the self pubbing class and that’s it for the year. It’s hard to believe that this time last year I was in the planning stages…
