This blog has long been a friendly place to come and learn, and what better way to learn than to ask? You have questions. Writer stuff, marketing, motivation, you name it. ASK ME Your questions. Your challenges. Your issues. If I don’t know, we’ll put it out to my vast network of author friends and […]
Hi gang! I’m getting ready to start promoting my March 2018 Word Weaver Writing contest, so I thought I’d reach out and see if you’d like to be a SPONSOR. You: Whaaat??? Me, sponsor your contest? Me: I know! But it wouldn’t be just you (unless you wanna write a biiiig check – and then […]
If you ever wonder what motivates me to do so much, it’s this. Each writerly thing gets me closer. Some work and get me closer faster; some fail and I learn something to avoid in the future, but all are progress because I win or I learn. Keep your eyes down and keep working. Thoughts?
When it gets tough, remember: I still believe in you. I’ve seen it again and again, writers thinking they just don’t have it. They get down on themselves and want to walk away. Some do walk away. Don’t be one. You have the talent. You just don’t know how good you really are. You HAVE […]
Whew! I emailed all the door prize winners. Check your spam folder. Sometimes stuff that says “contest” is flagged as spam – but for most of you who won, I replied using your “contact me” entry. Anyway, THAT’s done. UPDATE to the update: yeah, the title of this post said “notifucations” or something originally. […]
Well, I’ve been busy. Probably. Anyway, for the November Word Weaver contest – and remember, the winners were just announced at Christmas, so it’s really only been a few weeks, not months – I have not done the drawings for the door prizes. Which I totally should have and there’s no excuse for NOT doing […]
We work hard at this writing stuff. We deserve a pat on the back once in while. And who else is gonna understand anyway? Except other writer types? The biggest things writers lack is confidence, and that starts by acknowledging that what we did is worth some praise. Big or small, let’s talk about them […]
One of the neatest things anybody’s ever said about my writing was from a critique partner. I belonged to an online critique group, and normal submissions are around 3000 words, but I had put together a chapter that I felt needed to be longer. It was close to 5500 words, so when she told me […]
This blog has long been a friendly place to come and learn, and what better way to learn than to ask? You have questions. Writer stuff, marketing, motivation, you name it. ASK ME Your questions. Your challenges. Your issues. If I don’t know, we’ll put it out to my vast network of author friends and […]
List one, list three, list five – I don’t care. I read so many works in progress from other authors that I don’t actually read very many books during the year. So maybe I can read some of the ones you guys think were pretty good. I read Lucy Brazier, though! The PorterGirl series is […]
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