Oh, the Horror…
It’s October, so of course we need to talk about writing horror. How do you write something that can scare your readers, without coming across as cheesy or trying to hard? Some writers do it so easily...
View ArticleWrite Your Heart Out
This has nothing to do with my post. I just really liked it NaNo is going full steam ahead. I know this because I’ve not heard or seen many of my writing friends since Thursday. Occasionally, one of...
View ArticleA Goal
I had a goal. Okay, I still have a goal – to finish my story this month. Not as a part of NaNo, I want this to be good – not something I have to try and decipher later. I’m so close. Two chapters to...
View ArticleHelp!
NaNoWriMo is done for another year. How did you all do? I didn’t participate, but had fun watching the updates fly by. Congratulations to all the winners!! This is going to be a short post this week,...
View ArticleReading as a Writer
I read a book not too long ago. It wasn’t a good one. I don’t say that often, but I had to make myself finish this one. When I was done, I closed it and sat and thought about the what had made it...
View ArticleThe End or The Beginning?
A friend of mine, April Snellings, took this in Toronto. I had no idea anyone else knew about this word I dreamed, but they did! Those are beautiful words, aren’t they? I finished my story on December...
View ArticleI’m Fine.
“I didn’t want my picture taken because I was going to cry. I didn’t know why I was going to cry, but I knew that if anybody spoke to me or looked at me too closely the tears would fly out of my eyes...
View ArticleTo Great Beginnings!
I just liked this picture. Photo courtesy of:http://www.flickr.com/photos/cloppy/8444077598/ Writing the beginning to a story is hard. There are so many things that have to be just right. Are you...
View ArticlePerfecting Your Pitch
We spend hours, days, months, and sometimes years writing our stories. One idea turns into many and we write them down to create worlds and adventures that allow people to escape and believe anything...
View ArticleHugs and Chocolate
Not the end, but the possibilities are endless. There comes a time in each of our lives when we have to stop and reevaluate our goals and purpose. That time has come for the writers at Hugs and...
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