Jan 7 1M Words Track
Hey everybody, welcome back to my 1 Million Words written in a year track. So far, not including today I have 2602 words written, a long ways off track but I worked 4 twelve hour shifts last week and was … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Inspiration
Goals For Year 2020
Happy New Year everybody! I would like to share some of my writing goals with you today for the year that just started. I want to publish the following stories: Burned – the story I did for NaNoWriMo in 2017 … Continue reading →
The Business of Writing
Hello and welcome back. Today I am sharing an article from The Writer’s Fun Zone about learning the business side of selling your art. The article is here. Basically it’s about how you need to do a query letter or … Continue reading →
Ebook Writing Ploys
Hello and welcome back. Sorry it’s been awhile since I posted here. Too long actually. Today I will talk about writing ploys and how to avoid them. For the purposes of this article I will use this definition from www.freedictionary.com … Continue reading →
Character On Vacation
Hello and welcome back. I got an email today regarding a writing prompt about taking your character on vacation. It was from The Write Practice. So I thought I’d take Melissa on vacation. This will likely end up in the … Continue reading →
Fiction Writing Exercises
Hello, today I did a trusty old Google search for fiction writing exercises and got to this site here. The key with these things is to have fun with them and see what you can come up with. So I’ll … Continue reading →
Book Goodies Interview
Today I did an interview at Book Goodies. If they have it posted you can view it here:
Continue reading →Creating Characters Strategies
Hello and welcome back. Today I am going to talk about some strategies for creating characters. Each character will need an opposing force. Your protagonist and your antagonist. Remember that each character is the hero of his/her own story. So … Continue reading →
Creating Scenes Twists
Hello and welcome back. Today I will talk about creating scenes twists. One way to create a scene is to remember one of Kurt Vonnegut’s rules, “Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.” … Continue reading →
Publishing Strategies
Here today I would like to talk about some publishing strategies for your book. Let all your friends and co-workers know you have published a book. This might get you some additional sales. Get it professionally edited. There are people … Continue reading →