DAN ALATORRE

What goes on inside the writerly mind? Let’s sit down with our 1000 Word Sprint Contest winners and see what’s up. (Click HERE to read the stories.) TODAY: 3rd place winner Dabney Farmer. Dabney lives in Charlottesville Virginia. “I’m dyslexic, which can make writing a challenge, but I still enjoy it nonetheless. I enjoy writing […]

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“There are no short cuts to getting better at writing.” – Lucy Brazier Do you agree or disagree?

Your next book is always your best book. Agree or disagree?

Every CHALLENGE you ever conquered was a MOUNTAIN before you climbed it, and not a mountain at all afterwards. Agree or disagree?

BOOKS will always be better and more personal than movies because in a BOOK, the reader casts their own movie. Agree or disagree?

Here are the results for the 1000 word Sprint contest What a fun contest! First of all, the goal of the “Sprint” contest was to get your story up and running as fast as possible. Talking with author friends of mine who have judged my Word Weaver writing contests and other writing contests, it had […]

The SPRINT winners will be announced SUNDAY. Woo hoo! This was  good group, and although it was smaller than what we get for a regular Word Weaver writing contest, you’ll like the stories. And you’ll see them Sunday. Now, I need your input. The next scheduled Word Weaver writing contest is scheduled for July, and […]

  From time to time we like to feature other authors here on the blog, to shed light on their author journey. Today we have friend of the blog Jena C. Henry. Pull up a chair. DAN: What do you love most about the writing process? JENA: I love the entire writing process: the dawning […]

The sooner we vanquish our enemies, the sooner we can start fighting with our friends. Agree or disagree?