February 9, 2020 Lessons Learned from a Short Story What did you learn from your reading of “The Island”? The first thing you should notice is this – raw draft (or first draft)… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
October 20, 2019 Planning Your NaNoWriMo Novel Final Step: The 60 point Sheet This is it! We are on the LAST planning phase of NaNoWriMo! Once you complete this phase, you have enough plot information to accurately… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 30, 2019 The Secret to Filling Out A Scene Sorry, just don’t have the time to come up with one of those clever headlines about “65 ways to clean cat whiskers that will… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 28, 2019 The Little Known Key To a High Word Count A lot of inspiring authors start NaNoWriMo every year, hopeful that this will be the year they finally win NaNo. They try the first… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 27, 2019 Unexpected Ways to Get Ideas for Novels One of the questions best selling novelists get the most from readers and potential authors alike is “Where do you get your ideas?” It… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 24, 2019 The Inner Secrets of My Novels Continuing my chatty talk about my novels and their inspirations. Sometimes when you write a novel, you plan it – and three sentences into… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 23, 2019 When You Don’t Have Enough Words Last of my introspection days, then we’ll be back to “12 easy hacks for unpeeling an orange”. Sometimes editing requires ADDING words. I have… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
June 4, 2019 7 Lessons to Learn About Failing NaNoWriMo One of the most heartbreaking things I experienced in November was reading the tweets of writers who were unable to get their word counts…. Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
May 30, 2019 The Unforeseen Benefits of Essential Tasks for Writers I’m reminded as I write this I have two long term projects I need to dedicate a day each to – work on my… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn
May 7, 2019 Time Flies Truly a strange thing to look back at your old writing. I don’t have any of my writing from the 80’s, nor do I… Share this: Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Click to print (Opens in new window) Print Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn