What I thought it would be like: Writing retreats full of discourse, stimulating discussions, plotting, and lots of other authors. What it’s actually like: What I thought it would be like: Ideas lining up, falling neatly into their places, everything is flowing and glorious and ticking along like pure, perfect, writing clockwork. What it’s actuallyContinue reading “What I Thought Author Life Would Be Like vs. What it’s Actually Like”
Category Archives: My Books
Throw Away Your Crutches: Author Toolbox
The author toolbox is the creation of Raimey Gallant, all about sharing resources, discoveries, and expertise. If you’re a writer looking for a diverse range of help in many different areas, this is your hop. Come join! What do you mean by writing crutch, SE? I mean something like those words we overuse (that, suddenly,Continue reading “Throw Away Your Crutches: Author Toolbox”
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is Traditional
Happy Insecure Writer’s Group day! It’s a very good day to rest gently in the support of your fellow writers cause, believe me, it’s a hard landing everywhere else. It’s March and I’m querying, so there’s two strikes against a good mood right there. Liberal application of walks in the sunshine (when the sun deignsContinue reading “The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is Traditional”
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Gets Artistic (While I Crash Into a Reef)
Welcome to another Insecure Writer’s Support Group day! To sign up for the Group yourself, join in on the fun and receive all the wonderful support, go here. The awesome co-hosts for the February 5 posting of the IWSG are Lee Lowery, Ronel Janse van Vuuren, Jennifer Hawes, Cathrina Constantine, and Tyrean Martinson! Stop by their blogs and offer a thank-youContinue reading “The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Gets Artistic (While I Crash Into a Reef)”
No Filter in Your Author Toolbox
This old post has been brushed up for this month’s Author Toolbox Blog Hop, hosted and moderated by author Raimey Gallant. Authors at all stages of their writing/publishing journey are welcome to hop in and bring new ideas and tools. Did you know there are such things as “filter words” when writing? I did notContinue reading “No Filter in Your Author Toolbox”
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Celebrates a Bootleg of a Year
To sign up for the group yourself, click on over here. The IWSG is also on Twitter @TheIWSG and Instagram, as well as under the hashtag #IWSG It’s time for the first Insecure Writer’s Post of the new year. So happy 2020 to you! And can we all admit right now that the complete absence ofContinue reading “The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Celebrates a Bootleg of a Year”
Author Toolbox: Creating Wonderful Characters
This is an author toolbox hop post. Author toolbox is the creation of author Raimey Gallant ,a box with an emphasis on sharing tips, tricks, and advice with other authors as we all try to navigate together. Characters make or break a story. Yes, there’s plot as well, but I think the characters end up beingContinue reading “Author Toolbox: Creating Wonderful Characters”
The Insecure Writer’s Group Wants to Speed Date Me
This is an Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. Let’s rock the neurotic writing world! Our Twitter handle is @TheIWSG and hashtag is #IWSG. The awesome co-hosts for the July 3 posting of the IWSG are Erika Beebe, Natalie Aguirre,Jennifer Lane, MJ Fifield, Lisa Buie-Collard, and Ellen @ The Cynical Sailor! July 3 question: What personal traits have you written into yourContinue reading “The Insecure Writer’s Group Wants to Speed Date Me”
Author Toolbox: Tell Me How to Show
This post is part of the author toolbox blog hop, created and hosted by Raimey Gallant. Click on the link to join in with over thirty other authors and receive their pearls of wisdom on a monthly basis. Do you know how to tell, at a glance, that you’re dealing with a new, inexperienced author?Continue reading “Author Toolbox: Tell Me How to Show”
A Tool for Detecting Passive Voice: Author Toolbox
There are some generally accepted Golden Rules for authors (which, okay, change from century to century, genre to genre, and are not so much rules as guidelines?) One of them is DEATH to All Adverbs, which I am personally fighting against because I love me a good adverb. Another is Conflict is King. Too badContinue reading “A Tool for Detecting Passive Voice: Author Toolbox”