Today I’m a debuting a new question and answer feature on the site. The first question is should you enter a writing contest? I’ll answer that with a maybe. Writing contests have been pretty good for me so I might be a little biased with my response. The first money I earned as an…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-Almost Summer Reading Season
It’s the last Friday in April and the month seemed to fly by. May always has me thinking about summer reading and what books I’m going to put on this year’s list. I am way behind on my reading. I have six books that have been sitting on my Kindle since Christmas and I…
Monday Writing Prompts-First Line, Middle Line or even Last Line
For this prompt you can use the following sentence as your first line, a middle line, or even your last line, it’s up to you. Don’t you remember me? Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Another Short Story Class
It’s a beautiful spring day and I’m tempted to go outside and write but I’ll probably get distracted and nothing will get done. I set two goals for this past week. One was to get the first story in my new series Cowbear Haven finished and published. I achieved that yesterday. Here’s the cover. Once again,…
Monday Writing Prompts-Spring Cleaning
This week’s prompt focuses on a character who decides to tackle some spring cleaning. Does everything go as planned? Do they uncover something they didn’t expect? Does someone arrive and delay their plans? Or maybe they stumble upon something they once thought lost. Lots you can do with this prompt so have fun and happy…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Happy Easter
There’s nothing more satisfying than getting another project crossed off your to do list. This week I finally got my rebooted story finished and actually published. Here’s the cover that I also designed myself. Something new I tried with this one was to enroll it in Amazon’s KDP Select. For those of you who don’t…
Monday Writing Prompts-Easter Egg Hunt
It’s almost Easter so this week’s prompt focuses on an Easter egg hunt. It could be one for children or even grown-ups who are looking for something more than chocolates and candy. Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Classes, Books and More
The first week of April is slowly coming to an end and I hope everyone’s been enjoying the spring like weather that seems to be everywhere. The lighter nights mean I actually feel like sitting at my laptop longer which isn’t a bad thing. This week has been filled with many projects. I’m trying to get my…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Here Comes April
The first three months of the year went by in a flash. I did get a lot achieved but not as much as I hoped but tomorrow’s a new month and another opportunity. I did get the final draft of my WIP finished and now I’m tackling the second draft while starting to revamp…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Hello Spring
Spring is here and I can’t wait to do some outside writing. This week I added a new class to Skillshare and hope to add some more next month. I’m also working on lessons for the two new workshops I’ll be teaching in May. One’s on the topic of self publishing…I’ll be telling you more…