Examiner.com – St. Louis Frugal Family Examiner
Very excited!! I applied to be the examiner.com St. Louis Frugal Family Examiner after noticing that the previous writer had not published anything since April of last year. I waited for awhile before applying to see if she would post again, but she never did. I took the chance about two weeks ago and went [...]
Words That Aren’t Words
A couple of years ago, one of the pastor’s of my church left, details aren’t important. He moved and now is the pastor at a church there. There are two things I regret since he left. 1.) I never realized how extremely funny he is. 2.) I never realized what a grammar/word nerd he actually [...]
Need Help With Your Novel Outline?
The one complaint I have heard a lot this year, is that many newer novelist are unsure how to outline for their story. Some people swear by a certain method, but I believe we can learn from them all. Here is a nice list of outline helpers you can use to start planning for your [...]
Fun Way to Create Names of Any Kind
I absolutely love the idea of using anagrams to create names for people, locations and buildings in your stories. For instance, the past couple of years, it has been a tradition to include someone in your novel with an anagram formed from NaNoWriMo. The favorite is Mr. Ian Woon, (after all he is the original!) [...]
Looking for Writing Software?
I’m always on the lookout for writing software for my laptop that will help or enhance my writing. My favorite program for novel writing, which I have mentioned a few times on this blog, is Liquid Story Binder. Simplistic, but perfect. It offers so much, and has seriously helped me get FAR more organized than [...]
Character Development Helpers
Been working on my characters for the past few days, and found some useful websites that I thought I would share. I figured these would help anyone that was doing any type of character development.
Need a last name?
Need an Irish first name? (this is really for myself, because I am working on something that required [...]
Update on Today.Com
I’m pretty sure I pegged it, when in the previous post I mentioned that as soon as google picked up that post, I’d be removed from today.com.
Well, I checked my email and I did got an email and this is what it said:
Dear VIP Blogger COOKWITHME.TODAY.COM, (please do not direct anymore traffic there…. visit www.dailydishrecipes.com [...]
Brain Crack and Getting The Ideas Out….
The other day I was sitting and almost cringing because I have two absolutely AMAZING story ideas in my head swirling around. They’ve been there for about 3 or 4 years now, and yet they still remain there. In my head. Not on paper. Not on computer screen. Locked away in my mind, knowing full [...]
Need Help With Your Novel? Great Tips!
Try any of these spots for a little help on writing your novel or getting inspired. I plan to keep this fairly updated and eventually turn it into a link up at the top.
Looking for a first name?
First Names and What They Mean
Looking for a last name?
Last Names and What They Mean
Looking for a pet [...]
How Fast Are You?
I’m not competitive by nature. In fact, I usually don’t enjoy playing any game with other people because well, I tend to suck at lots of games. LOL I’m actually okay with that.
But when I found TypeRacer, everything changed. I found it fun to play with other people, because it challenged me to get better. [...]
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Welcome!
Hi there, I am Nicole. This blog is a combination of my little corner of the writing world and the previous website known as Freelance Writer's Exchange. Please be sure and leave a comment so I know you visited, and so I can come visit you.
Are you participating in NaNoWriMo in 2010? If you are, leave me a comment with your id and I'll add you as a friend! 2010 will be my 5th year winning, and my 7th year participating.
What I'm tweeting:
- Question: Do you "people watch" to get ideas for your characters? #amwriting
- RT @centsiblelife: Time for our family fun Open Sky party! #OSfamfun
- Kids are officially off school for Spring Break. Now to find things to do to keep them occupied for the next week or so. #fb
- RT @crispycracka Blood is thicker than water, but maple syrup is thicker than blood. In conclusion: pancakes are more important than family.
- Borrowed from a friend: Be good to yourself. People will only treat you as well as you treat yourself. - Mark Victor Hansen
- Sirens lasted over 15 minutes. Tests don't run that long.
