I’m not sure what it is about the month of July but sometimes I feel like it’s the beginning of a new year instead of the middle of one. I’ve been in a planning state of mind. Anyone else check their goals when we’re half way through the year? I’ve done it before but this…
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Monday Writing Prompts-Starfish
For this prompt your character is walking on the beach and finds a starfish. Some possibilities for story direction could be- What is your character doing on the beach? Has he or she been to this beach before? Maybe it’s a beach by their childhood home. What emotion does seeing the starfish evoke? Have…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Another Busy One
Nope, it wasn’t just last week because this one’s felt busy too. Still haven’t gotten to my summer reading and it might turn into fall reading. The two week synopsis writing boot camp ends tomorrow and I can’t believe how fast it flew by. My students have been some of the best and have worked…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Short Week
Happy Friday everyone. This week’s seemed strange and I don’t mean in a bad way but with a holiday on Tuesday it feels like it was cut in half and made it seem extra busy for me…not sure why. Summer’s well underway but not my summer reading. The only thing I’m reading right now is…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Workshops…Classes
It’s raining and thunder is rumbling in the background and strangely enough it’s my favorite background noise for writing. Anyone else like a certain type of weather to write to? The June workshop I’ve been teaching finished today and my students were such a wonderful group of writers that I’m sad to say goodbye to them. Tomorrow…
Monday Writing Prompts-Lost and Found
Today’s story focuses on lost items. Is it your character who loses something while traveling, maybe on a bus? Or do they find a lost item such as this red bag? Do they ever get the item back? What happens when they try to return a lost item? Lots of things you can do…
Friday Ramblings From An Author-Two Books Down and One to Go
It’s been a hot week…and it’s getting hotter, and it’s also been a busy week. I got rights back to two stories that had appeared in anthologies five years ago. I usually like to give them a rewrite and polish them up some more. Some I like to give a total make-over. It’s amazing how…
Monday Writing Prompts-Photo Prompt
Today’s prompt is a photo one and here it is. It could be your character is visiting this area, thinking about going on vacation or even lost in the desert. Have fun and happy writing.
Friday Ramblings From An Author-New Book
It’s June and the perfect time to see how well you’re doing with your goals for the year. I’m behind with my fiction but that’s probably because I’m getting rights back to a book a month and getting somewhat swamped with work. At least I managed to get a non-fiction book released and here’s the cover…another one…
Workshop Topics for 2018
Hi Everyone, I’m putting together ideas for workshops for 2018. I’d like to keep some old favorites but I’d also like to add some new topics and this is where you can help me. What writing topics would you want to see offered in a workshop? Would you like to see more beginning writing…