I’ve lost count of the number of posts on this site but one remains a favorite. In fact, it’s the top post year after year and that’s how to get published with Hallmark. Half the interest is publishing a book with them, the other, having their story idea turned into a Hallmark movie…especially…
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Friday Ramblings From An Author-The Vampires Are Back!
I spend my days not only writing and working with aspiring writers, but following industry trends. My golden rule is don’t write to trends but it’s the wise writer who’s in the know about what’s hot and what’s not. Remember the vampire era…Twilight and everyone jumping on the bandwagon of writing a story with a…
Should Lead Characters Be Nice People?
Here’s a question for you…should lead characters be nice people? My vote is for yes. I’ve been thinking about this all day because last night I watched a new series on Netflix with a main character who I thought was, well, hopefully someone I won’t ever meet in real life. It’s not the first series with a main…
Monday Motivation-Writing is Courageous
It was a rainy Saturday, I was stuck inside thinking about watching a movie as I sketched . Something else caught my eye on Netflix. It was a motivational talk given by Brene Brown called The Call to Courage. I’m sorry to say I’d never heard of her before even though she’s a bestselling author….
Watching Movies isn’t a Waste of Time…
I should add two words to the title of this post and that’s for writers. Sometimes I know I should be writing but instead I’m searching Netflix and soon I’m watching a movie and time slips away. However, last month I took a different view of time spent away from my writing. I was watching this one movie and…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Lazy, Rainy, Friday Afternoon
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…