Here’s today’s Thursday guest blogger, Mageela Troche telling us how to overcome fear in writing… There is much to a writer’s life. Writing, revising, submitting, publishing, social media, publicity and us writers have to do it all over again. One part of a writer’s life that can pull you into a deep hole has nothing…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-Where Is Every Body?
There’s one good thing about working for yourself and that’s you can switch chores when you need to. Rain is forecast tomorrow so I took two hours off work this afternoon to go pull weeds from the garden beds. How come those things bloom faster than flowers? Something I learned when I decided to freelance was if…
Writing and the Five Senses
Say hello to guest blogger, Julie Lence who shows us the importance of making the most of the five senses… See. Smell. Hear. Taste. Touch. We all know the five senses, experience them in our everyday lives. But do you have them layered throughout your story? If so, do you have too many? Not enough? And…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-Who Wears These Shoes?
Your two characters are wearing the same shoes. Were they supposed to? Is it part of a team outfit? Or did they not plan on wearing the same shoes to the event and it starts a conversation…maybe even an argument? Perhaps these two characters know one another, maybe they don’t. There’s lots you can…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Revisiting Characters
Get outside while you can has become my new slogan. One day sunny and warm, the next three, chilly and overcast/rainy. I think spring’s forgotten to visit this year. At least it makes you think about making the most of every day! With the great outdoors not calling my name, I got lots of work…
Monday Motivation-An Inspiring Story
Something a little different for the first of May’s Monday Motivation. I saw this inspiring story on the Amazon blog about Jane Lotter, author of Bette Davis Club. Here’s the link and I hope you find it the wonderful read that I did. Life is shorter than we think so don’t put off writing…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-We Made It To 700 TWL Followers
This site started as a way to keep myself accountable for my writing. My intent was to use it to keep myself to a writing schedule. My first idea was to keep it private. However, I knew other writers might be struggling too so I turned it into a blog. It’s grown, it’s evolved, and this week…
What Art Has Taught Me About Writing
Most of you know that these days as well as write, I also sketch and paint. I’ve struggled with it just like I did when I began my journey as a writer. The self-doubt, the second guessing yourself. Not being able to figure out why you can’t be as good as someone who’s been doing it for…
Wednesday Writing Prompts-What Do They See?
Let’s start May with this photo prompt. What have this characters seen and why are they taking a photo of it? Have fun and happy writing.
The Words of Ernest Hemingway
The other day I was searching a site that had quotes by famous authors. This one by Ernest Hemingway jumped out at me… Write Drunk Edit Sober Maybe he intended us to take that literally, maybe not. Either way, he summed up the writing process perfectly. I always tell my students if there’s only one…