I’ve participated in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) for many years, and this year my daughter is joining in with the young writers program. Classrooms and individuals can sign up…
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Writing From Experience I’ve read many writing magazines over the years. Over and over, articles hash out the advice to write what you know. As someone who writes and reads…
Fake Acceptance Letters Motivation is not a one size fits all prospect. Some people fuel themselves with anger: “I’ll show them, I’ll show them all!” Some people respond well to…
Music lists for inspiring writing I am trying to jolly myself out of the doldrums. I can think of a few things that would cheer me up. Chocolate chip cookies…
Writing a 50,000 word novel in a month- NaNoWriMo Nuts, huh? I’ve done it…five times! I’ve spewed out over 250,000 words and created five works of narrative fiction that occasionally…
Our guest blogger today is Melissa Mead! She has published over 24 flash stories in publications such as Drabblers, Daily Science Fiction, and The First Line. Keep an eye out…
Writing organization, tracking and planning I printed out my manuscript and sent it with the cover letter and SASE off into the cruel world. Which reminds me, all writers everywhere-…
The “never finish, never lose” trap Finishing is as scary as freefall. Is the parachute going to open? Do you in fact have a parachute? Are you jumping from a…
Setting Goals, Marking Deadlines and Re-evaluating I set a goal for myself to finish a rewrite of my novel-in-progress by next Saturday, so that I could have it off my…
Finding Inspiration There are times when staring at a blank page will get you nowhere. Some times you have to walk around and think, some times you have to put…
