My author friend,@StuartRWest, has another new book #YA Click To Tweet It’s hard to keep up with him. He writes faster than any writer I know. Before I have the first chapter done, he’s finished three books. This time he’s written a real doozy. Here’s a little taste of Peculiar County: Growing up in […]
Reading on a Holiday is my Pleasure Time
Do you feel guilty when you read on a normal weekday? #amreading Click To Tweet I do. I tend to consider my reading time similar to holiday time. For example at the beach, I can read morning, noon and night without the slightest tinge of guilt. But, if I try to do that at home […]
Wanna Win Prizes for Your Work? You’ve Gotta Submit
Very early in the game of writing I learned the importance of submitting my work to contests #writingtips Click To Tweet My very first story won second place in a national competition which drew the attention of Reader’s Digest. When I submitted the story, I didn’t expect to win, but I did expect to write […]
#MyBookReview–Britt-Marie Was Here 5 Stars!
After I read A Man Called Ove, I decided to find another book by Fredrik Backman @Backmanland #mybookreview Click To Tweet Reading the reviews of his latest works, I selected Britt-Marie Was Here with trepidation. Some of the reviewers complained that it didn’t match Ove; Others liked it even more. Being a savvy buyer, I decided […]
Learning to Live with the Loneliness of Writing
I’m a people person. I love being around people and I get energy from those around me. But, I’m also a writer. My work requires that I go into a cave of quiet and live in my conscious mind for hours on end. Unlike the meditative mind, the writer’s mind is busy. Nonetheless, interruptions from […]
What is Your Tolerance for Reading Quotient?
I’m a person who has to have at least one book going all the time #amreading Click To Tweet When I finish a book, I feel lost until I start the next one. Without the ability to read, I feel as if my life would really take a dive. What about you? What is your […]
A Great Testimonial from a New Writer!
Recently I received a great testimonial from a young writer #amwriting Click To Tweet I had conducted a webinar for a group of students at Southern New Hampshire University. The title of the workshop was What Does it Take to Write, Publish and Sell a Novel. During that session I talked about my own discipline […]
The Painful Truth: You Must Revise This!
This month’s topic in #Inkripples has to do with Revisions. I’ve suggested some tips to writers. See what the other writers in Inkripples toss into the pond. Take a look at the ripples… Add your own… Mary Waibel’s World at Katie Carroll Observation Desk and at Kai Strand’s blog. Don’t you hate people who say they never revise their work? […]
How Long to Wait Between Projects?
Hey, I need some help from my writer buddies #writing Click To Tweet Recently I completed a stand-alone book, one I’ve been working on for about three years. In between that one, I completed a manuscript in my mystery series. Now, I find myself with nothing new to write. I’m feeling a bit lost but […]
The Freedom to Write
As I sit at my computer and watch many of our nation’s freedoms being threatened–freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom to congregate–I begin to wonder, when will our freedom to write come under attack? People said it couldn’t happen in the United States. They said we had too many checks and balances for […]
