Tips and Advice About Writing and Self-Publishing
The ground is now covered in snow and the backyard was visited by six deer looking for food. You could say it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. This is the time of year I start to think about the new one and my projects. I’ve been sorting through old files and found one…
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Say hello to guest blogger, Meredith Bond, who tells us why she writes… There’s recently been a thread on a discussion group I follow (I rarely participate, but I always read the postings of others) about why people publish what they’ve written. There have been some really interesting responses. Some people want immortality, to be…
I always say when you’re lost for story ideas look at your life. We all get those annoying phone calls, trying to sell us something, or wanting us to upgrade a service. That’s what happens to your character. He or she gets a phone call from someone selling them something strange. What is the…
I always tell my writing students to not overthink their plot, their characters, and to simply get what’s in their head down on paper. It sounds easy but some of them tell me they’ll still struggling with that blank page. I know I’ve been in their position at one point. New exercise book open…
I saw this quote which is applicable to everything we’re trying to achieve but never more so than writing a book. If you really want to write a story, you’ll find someway to squeeze in ten minutes here or there to do it.
It’s snowing, it’s cold, and I’m already missing summer. I often write about bears, well actually bear shifters, and I think they must be the smartest animals because they choose to sleep through winter. Thank you to this week’s guest blogger, Beth…she’ll be back with us again in January. How is everyone doing with NaNoWriMo?…
Today’s prompt…today’s word is- Mystery
Today’s prompt focuses on a weather event. Your story should feature something to do with rain.
The first Ramblings for October. Thank you to J.J. and Merrilee who penned posts about two great topics for writers. If you haven’t already seen them, be sure to check out both. How are you enjoying Promptober? I’m way behind with mine but hope to get caught up this weekend. I updated my How to…
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Today’s prompt is this photo-
