Sure, why not? Let’s learn to write a blurb! We all need to do it, and practice makes perfect! But. Let’s write one for a book or movie we all know, to learn the process. Because while we’re all slapping down words in volume to build a story, a blurb is baiting the […]
How about a little holiday spirit for this writing challenge? Use the random number generator below and it will tell you which odd little holiday scene to visualize in your head. Then YOU have to write a caption for the scene. It can be drama or comedy, long or short, uh… fast or slow (I […]
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DRUNK DEBATE: Plotter vs. Pantser
A while back, an author friend of mine and I were on Facebook chatting about being a plotter versus a pantser. (This is the post I lost. Found it! Sorry about that Brazil nonsense.) She was the pantser, of course because I tend to think about an outline for my story, putting together notes for […]
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BRAZIL! La la la la la la la laaaa…
Ever get a song stuck in your head? THE. WORST. Brazil? WTF? Who writes a song with ONE WORD??? And it’s stuck in my head. I hate when that happens. I was humming that for hours last night. (Maybe overnight, too; I don’t remember.) I don’t even know of there are more words! Just Brazil […]
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By Lisa Verge Higgins Lisa Verge Higgins Goodreads – with its 18 million rabid readers – is one of the most powerful places for an author to be discovered. Goodreads is where folks converge to discuss novels, offer recommendations, write reviews, and keep compilations of the books they’ve…
I am very close to finishing my book, and my dad come to town Friday, which means ZERO writing will get done until he leaves. But there’s a chance I can finish before he arrives. A chance… and I am locking myself into near-isolation until he gets here in hopes I finish the book! Oh, […]
Sometimes a story gets stuck. That sucks, because we’re the ones who drove into the tree, but it happens. (This is not a post about that.) When the story is fine but the writer is stuck, that’s different. That’s a mental thing, or an organization thing, or whatever, but if you are stuck and […]
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Using Linked In As An Author
We recently talked about social media and how Linked In can help an author network. Friend of the blog Jen Owenby (author name J.A. Owenby ) stepped up to explain LinkedIn for us. There are several ways LinkedIn can help authors. First of all, the connections. The more connections you achieve, the higher ranking you […]
Pushing that PUBLISH button is a big moment, and your life is different – for better or worse – from that moment on. Writers need to get over the fear of publishing. I was lucky, I started by writing family humor essays and my stuff was out there for a years on Facebook […]
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You’re STILL Stuck???
It’s not just you, it’s Jenny, it’s Larry, it’s Monty… Whenever anybody has an issue, there are always a LOT of other people who have it, too, or have had it, or have heard about somebody having it. Talking about it here makes it less of an “all alone” situation. Some friends are STUCK. […]
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