Linda Poitevin's Blog, page 27

Throwback Thursday…Writer-style!

I still haven’t dug out the old photos to share, so you get another blast from my poetic past. This one is circa 1978-ish. Happy Thursday! :)    Dreams that I dream, who knows what about. Wishes I wish,  day in and day out. Plans that I plan, my whole life throughout. All my time(...)

A Few of My Favourite Things…and An Ear-Worm

  So I’m out walking the dog along the river yesterday, and as I’m taking photos of all the lovely signs of spring, I’m trying to come up with taglines for them in case I decide to post them to Facebook. And because I’m a writer, I get carried away with the whole waxing poetic thing.(...)

The Great Wattpad Experiment

So this week’s Social Media Monday is about an experiment. Over the last few months, I’ve been hearing a lot about something called Wattpad–with many of the mentions coming in a surge during the past two weeks. Never one to ignore a nudge from the universe (yeah, right ), I’ve decided it’s time to expand(...)

When Good Stories Go Bad…

I’m currently in the middle of writing Sins of the Warrior, book 4 in the Grigori Legacy. Or at least, I was in the middle of it. But when I passed the 50k mark, writing became slower and more difficult…until I felt like I was swimming upstream in thick, gooey oatmeal. Why oatmeal? Because not only was it(...)

Throwback Thursday: A Writer’s Beginnings

I know, I know…Throwback Thursday (or #tbt if you’re on Twitter) is supposed to be about sharing “an appropriately nostalgia-inducing picture – from a different era of your life” (Digital Trends). And one of these days, I swear I’m going to dig out all my photo albums so I can scan a bunch of pictures into(...)

Scavenger Hunt Winner!

A hearty congratulations going out to Lysette Lim, winner of the first-ever Grigori Legacy Scavenger Hunt! Lysette has won a swag pack and (at her request) a signed copy of Sins of the Lost. A huge thank you to all who played along over the weekend to find the winning phrase: Sexy bad-ass warrior angels do(...)

Of Easter Lilies and Not-Very-Bright Cats

(Yes, yes, I know…I’m supposed to be posting a Social Media Monday post today, but what can I say? It’s a long weekend, I’m lazy, and I may have a slight chocolate hangover. Anyway…you get this instead. ) I don’t know quite when the tradition started, but when my mother was alive, I bought her(...)

Warrior Angel Hunting Season Now Open!

This is it, folks! The Grigori Legacy Scavenger Hunt is today!! Contest ends on Sunday, April 20 at midnight (EST) and is open internationally. Remember, if you collect all the words needed to make the complete phrase (there are seven) and enter that into the Rafflecopter form, you get ten more entries. So…on your mark, get(...)

The Grigori Legacy Scavenger Hunt

Hello, beautiful readers! It’s spring! Or at least it’s trying… *looks out at the fresh snow and sighs* …but regardless, I’ve decided we need a little celebration. Are you with me on that? Excellent! So here’s what we’re going to do: with the help of the amazing Janice (reviewer for the Demon Librarian) and six(...)

Using Graphics in Your Social Media Postings

We humans are visual creatures.  I know…shocker, right? Shall I wait for you to recover? No? All good? Then I’ll continue. The reason I wanted to bring up this stunning revelation is because of its importance to social media. Platforms such as Pinterest and Instagram are both growing in popularity, and Facebook and Twitter have both(...)