Featuring SE, being a Judgy McJudgypants. I’ve been alive for thirty-three years now, and a bookworm for roughly twenty-three of those years. TWENTY-THREE YEARS, friends. By now I know what I like. And, inversely, what I do not like. Any book gets at least a fair try, no matter what, but I admit to being aContinue reading “SE’s 10 DNF Red Flags”
Category Archives: Writing Process
Which Came First? The Plot, or the Characters?
This is a perennial question authors get asked, and it’s just as unanswerable as the chicken and egg conundrum. Look, let’s be brutally honest here. Authors as a whole live in a half-unreal world with their heads feeling cloudy ALL THE TIME. Fictional people fill our brains with ghostly conversations. Interesting, exciting scenes play outContinue reading “Which Came First? The Plot, or the Characters?”
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Has Secrets
Happy Insecure Writer’s Day! Prepare to bask in the support and let your insecurities go, at least for a little while. To join in the hop yourself, head to their website here. The awesome co-hosts for the June 3 posting of the IWSG are Pat Garcia, J.Q. Rose, and Natalie Aguirre! Don’t forget to go thank them as you’re hoppingContinue reading “The Insecure Writer’s Support Group Has Secrets”
An Incendiary Inciting Incident for Your Author Toolbox
This is an Author Toolbox post. The toolbox is a free, monthly, open sharing of information between authors here on the Wild Wild Interwebs. Topics cover everything from writing basics to editing, querying, marketing, and publishing. There are over forty of us now, blogging away like helpful little bees. Come join in! After months andContinue reading “An Incendiary Inciting Incident for Your Author Toolbox”
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group and Getting Out of The Zone
This is an Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. Once a month, authors from all over come together and post in a hop where it’s safe to admit that this writing job has its bad days. There will be listicles, support, and digital shoulders to lean on. To sign up for the hop yourself go here. TheContinue reading “The Insecure Writer’s Support Group and Getting Out of The Zone”
What I Thought Author Life Would Be Like vs. What it’s Actually Like
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”
An Updated Slang Dictionary for Your Author Toolbox
This is an Author Toolbox hop post. Every month, the hop supports writers of every stage with resources, ideas, inspiration, tips, and tricks for any and all comers. Join us here at author Raimey Gallant’s website. We’ve been here before (in 2018 with A Modern Slang Dictionary for Your Writer Toolbox) but guess what. It’s 2020 nowContinue reading “An Updated Slang Dictionary for Your Author Toolbox”
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is in The Zone
The Insecure Writer’s Support Group meets (online) on the first Wednesday of every month. During these especially scary days, it’s nice to know you’ve got a group like this at your back. If you haven’t already, come join! The awesome co-hosts for the April 1 posting of the IWSG are Diane Burton, JH Moncrieff, Anna @ Emaginette, Karen @ ReprobateContinue reading “The Insecure Writer’s Support Group is in The Zone”
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 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)”