Have you ever thought about what it must be like to live with a writer? I mean, it can’t be easy, can it? Writer’s for the most part, tend to be very solitary people. A little on the reclusive side. Obviously not always, but as a general rule. We’d rather talk to our characters, than [...]
Where in the world did the time go? I have been away for a few weeks and it seems like a lifetime. I always think I’ll find time, I even open it up and open a new post and then I get sidetracked. I mean, I guess it wasn’t all my fault, I have 5 [...]
I joined. And I joined silently. I didn’t make a big deal about it because I was worried about time constraints in the month of July. I’m glad there’s an August one too, because yeah.. uhm. Not going so well. I took on an abundance of projects in the middle of June, not really thinking [...]
Today was all about getting the kittens used to one of the most traffic heavy areas of our home. The living room. We brought their cage out into the middle of the floor and allowed the dogs to sniff it, the kittens to sniff them, and our cat Maple to check it all out from [...]
I am so honored to have award winning author, Melissa Foster guest posting on my blog today. I’ve admired Melissa for a long time, and I’m so blessed to call her friend. Her newest release Come Back To Me, is so beautifully written and such an amazing story of love, hope, courage and strength. It [...]
In the middle of writing a chapter and something happens unexpected? Did a character say or do something you didn’t see coming? Perhaps it was something that made you realize he or she is not who you thought they were. Are you looking to get to know each of your characters better? For fun, try [...]
Hey ladies and gents! Please welcome Liz Borino, debut author of Expectations and its sequel, What Money Can’t Buy published by Lazy Day Publishing to All About Writing. She stopped in to talk about dialogue, and making it sound more natural in your writing. Take it away, Liz. Writing Natural Dialogue by Liz Borino In my day [...]
Face it, negativity surrounds us whether we want it to or not. It’s part of life. Years ago, I took great measures to cut out as much negativity from my life as I could – which basically means I don’t do drama, I avoid it all costs and rather than seeing that proverbial glass as [...]
Now before any of you tell me that I’m so clever and an awesome storyteller (because I am, you know) – I did not write this. I wish I had, but I did not. Maybe I’m not that clever, afterall. I got this forwarded to me, and normally I delete everything but this was so [...]
There has always been a camaraderie in networking with other authors and writers. I’ve been around a long time now, and it’s just common knowledge that we can all learn from each other. We’re all in this together, we’re all aiming for the same goal, and there is plenty of room for all of us. Right? That’s what [...]
There has always been a camaraderie in networking with other authors and writers. I’ve been around a long time now, and it’s just common knowledge that we can all learn from each other. We’re all in this together, we’re all aiming for the same goal, and there is plenty of room for all of us. Right? That’s what [...]
Do you outline your novel? How much outlining do you do? Do you use a program? Notecards? Pieces of torn paper or napkins? In my normal daily writing, I tend to be a planner, plotting, outlining, note cards and post it’s. I used yWriter up until recently when I have been messing around with Scrivener [...]
I spent the entire summer wishing it was Fall – the heat, the humidity, being locked indoors because you could barely breathe in the stifling heat. Now that Fall is rapidly approaching and the lazy, carefree days of summer are over, I sort of wish school vacations took place now, and not during those hot, [...]
