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Sometimes it’s Friday before I know it. Anyone else feel that way too? Thank you to everyone who signed up to be a Thursday guest blogger. I’ll be posting another sign up for June, July and August posts, sometime during May. It’s great to see that TWL is growing every week. I really appreciate you of all…
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It’s February14th so let’s talk romance books. Despite being the most popular genre, I know they aren’t everyone’s cup of tea. In fact, I never set out to write one so it’s slightly ironic that the first book I got published was a romance. Writing romances has taught me a lot about writing in general,…
I thought we’d try a two part story. This week (part one), your character sits down to write a letter. Who is it to? What is it about? Does its content contain good or bad news? Maybe it’s a love letter or a dear john style one. Perhaps it’s to complain about something. Is it long…
It’s sign up time for another round of guest blogging. I’ve set aside Thursdays, starting Feb 21st, for anyone who wants to share a post on anything writing related. It could be how you plot, how you got published, how you deal with rejection letters…just about anything. Usually under 1,000 words but I’ll leave that up…
There are some many great quotes out there. Not all of them were written with us writers in mind but it doesn’t stop me from putting a author’s spin on them. Take this weeks quote is a great example…no rain, no flowers. You can’t have one without the other. I’d like to say, no…
The cold and snow continues but it’s jumpstarted my need to get some serious winter reading done. I just finished reading Allie and Bea by Catherine Ryan Hyde. Yes, that was on a previous reading list and I just got round to reading it. I know, it’s embarrassing to admit how far behind I am.…
I can’t remember if we’ve had a story title prompt before. If we have, it was a long time ago so here goes… The title of your story is The Girl in the Raincoat. Who is she? Where is she going? Is she going to meet someone? Are her intentions good or bad? So much…
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We’ve had the Polar Vortex and now this weekend is supposed to feel like spring. If only the spring part would stay around that would be great. I’m sure lots of you were also in the path of that nasty cold weather earlier this week. People always debate whether it’s better to be in a heatwave…
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This e-mail from Stephanie touched on a topic that I’ve been meaning to post about for some time. Here’s what she wrote… Hi Susan, I keep hearing about critique groups and beta readers. One editor who recently sent me a rejection letter even suggested I find a critique partner? What’s what and which one…
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…
