Jump on over to Neysa’s blog today where she discusses compelling character components! All part of a great fun series she’s running (I’ll be guest posting soon so be on the look out for that as well!)
Getting back on the “goal-horse”
Before I jump into talking about getting back with your goals after already feeling like a failure, two things. (1) Over the weekend I just happened to figure out how to enable for you to sign up to receive posts via email. I youtube-ed it and smacked my forehead at the easiness of it. So be sure to sign up…. Read More
An Interview: Sara Ella
Sara and I have been friends now for about a year. We met online. No really. We did (and it’s ok, she’s not a crazy murderer that’s going to murder me in my sleep . . . overactive brain much? Good. I’m a writer, that’s what I’m paid to have . . . only I haven’t gotten paid for it… Read More
Writing Goals Not Resolutions
I am not a big “New Years Resolution” person. I try to be, but I always feel that I set myself up for failure more than anything. Goals, however. That’s my thang. I remember dad teaching the importance of goals growing up. While I can’t exactly remember what he said I do know that he was always letting us know… Read More
Evernote for Novel Organization
For the longest (and I mean longest) time I bucked change and wrote in one big long word doc. While that works for some people, I work with two other brains (aka my writer’s group) when brainstorming (or when they are tearing apart my current WIP (love you, guys!) and everything got referenced and I was scrolling back and forth… Read More
Making Time To Write
So I’m reading this book (I know. . . big surprise right?) Pen on Fire: A Busy Woman’s Guide to Igniting the Writer Within. So far I’m liking it, like a ton. There are lots of different writing exercises at the end of each short chapter, and for once I’m actually doing the exercises (most of them anyways). One of the… Read More
Getting Pumped
I love writing. I especially love when I’m over-the-moon-excited about writing whatever WIP I’m working on. I know that during the writing process you can’t always stay excited (I’m not that naive — just this week I was so tired I looked at my computer screen and said “Psh, it’ll be there tomorrow” and went to bed) I also have… Read More