This week, our guest blogger is author Maggie Blackbird… When you’re setting is a special place, drafting the novel, I find, is easy. Seriously. It didn’t take me long to draft Her Competition (mind you editing is a whole other ball game LOL). The city is steeped in history, and since it’s a place where…
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Monday Writing Tips-Is It Believable?
Readers know the stories they read aren’t real but you have to make them believe that they could be. As a reader yourself what makes you suspend belief as you get lost in the words and pages? Is it a character that’s lifelike, someone like you, someone that you know? Sometimes a reader will suspend…
Guest Author-D.V. Stone
It’s Wednesday which means it’s guest author time and this week say hello to D.V Stone… This Writer’s Life-(TWL)-Welcome to This Writer’s Life, happy to have you join us today. Introduce yourself and tell us about yourself, your writing and your books. Thank you for sharing your space with me. TWL-Why and when did you…
Monday Writing Tip-Cut, Cut and Cut
Be as long winded as you want in your first draft, but after that, cut, cut, cut. Don’t be afraid to overdo it because when it comes to writing most of the time less is more. Could you have phrased something differently? Do you have two words side by side that mean the very same…
Check Out My Guest Post
Today, I’m a guest on Brenda Whiteside’s blog, Discover. Here’s the link if you want to read about how I became an accidental writer https://brendawhiteside.blogspot.com/2025/01/stay-on-platform-inspiration-from-susan.html
Accept the Challenge-What Happens Here?
Week two and here’s the second location/setting photo. Who walks along these narrow streets? A resident or maybe a traveler? Have fun and happy writing.
Monday Writing Tips-Happy Endings
Don’t worry about happy endings. Not every great story has one. Just make sure your characters have grown and changed throughout your story. Their ending might not be perfect but as long as the reader is satisfied you’ve done your job as an author.
Monday Motivation-What’s Your Why?
This is the last quote of the year so what’s your why? Why do you write? Why do you want to be an author? What do you want to achieve in 2025? Leave a comment.
Accept the Challenge-Chess Anyone?
It’s the final Accept the Challenge of the year. Thank you for participating throughout the year. I hope you penned lots of great stories and that some of them found a home and some income for you. There will be more in 2025 but for now see what you can create based on this clip….
Monday Motivation-What Kind of Author Are You?
As this quote suggests there are good and bad authors, which one are you going to be?