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December 23, 2015
The Ultimate Writer’s Guide for the Novice Author
Are you an “Aspiring Writer”?
Perhaps today’s re-blog will help………
Plus, here are 62 past posts about Writing Advice.
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If you really want to be a writer, don’t let anything discourage you. (image via wikimedia)
An Ultimate Writer’s Guide is not about giving advice. Writers can get advice all over the internet. An Ultimate Writer’s Guide is about discussing what’s in store for novice authors without discouraging authors or scaring them off.
It’s true, being a novice aut...
New #Publishing Periodical for #Writers & #Authors ~ The Hot Sheet
If you’re a writer (author) looking to be published or striving to understand the publishing-world, you may want to spend around $US 2.27, biweekly, for an email periodical from two industry powerhouses—Jane Friedman and Porter Anderson.
Here’s a bit about Jane:
“Writer and professorJane Friedmanhas more than 15 years of experience in the publishing industry, with expertise in digital media strategy for authors and publishers. From 2001–2010 she worked at Writer’s Digest, where she ultimately...
December 22, 2015
Finally Feeling Like a Reader… by Kimberly McDermid
Do you think all teachers of reading are avid readers?
Reading today’s re-blog might give you a big surprise :-)
I’ve been wanting to write this post for two years, I thought about doing it when my sister, an avid reader, valedictorian in high school, now a doctor, called me, the t.v. loving, phone talking, anything but reading sister and said “I need a new book to read, what can you recommend?” I knew then everything had changed for me as a reader!
Here’s my journey in final...
December 21, 2015
Author Interview ~ Holly Gonzalez
My regular readers will remember my recent jump into Wattpad.
I have a Recommended Reads! list over there and the author in our interview today was one of the first I added to that list.
Let’s find out more about her…
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When did you first realize you wanted to be a writer, Holly?
It was a very early age, not sure exactly how old I was, but my mom says I was never without a book growing up. I’ve been an avid reader my entire life, and when I discovered I could put words together and make ide...
December 20, 2015
Leave Me Alone. Sometimes.
Last night I ran away from two friends…
I was suffering with them and I was still suffering alone…
I’m an introvert and today’s re-blog is about being an introvert—there’s even a link at the end to take a short test to see if you are one…
I’ll probably see my friends again tonight and perhaps be able to enjoy my time with them again…
A therapist recently informed me that I am an introvert.* I never thought I was an introvert. I like meeting people. I like parties. I socialize....
December 19, 2015
Weekend Edition – Writing the Hard Stuff
It’s all going to be okay.Today’s re-blog—looking toward the end of the year and contemplating holidays—is a Reminder for Writers and a Hint for Readers :-)
Go ahead, enter the dark forest where the path is hard and demons lurk.
Though there is much that I love about the holidays, there is also much that I find trying. For reasons I can’t quite pinpoint, this time of the year always arrives bedecked not only in holly and mistletoe, but also in an excess of dra...
December 18, 2015
Boosting Your #Creativity
I’m going to share two ways to boost creativity—a website and a particular article on that site…
The site is called Medium and here’s a bit of what they say about themselves:
“Medium is a different kind of place to read and write on the internet.
“A place where the measure of success isn’t views, but viewpoints.
“Where the quality of the idea matters, not the author’s qualifications.
“A place where conversation pushes ideas forward and words still matter.”
The thing is, you can read there;...
December 17, 2015
Screenwriter to novelist: tips for adapting to a new storytelling medium
There is quite a bit in today’s re-blog about changing from screenwriting to novel writing; but, also, much about other storytelling transformations :-)
I’ve had this great question from a reader:
Do you think somebody who has only done screenwriting would be able to write a novel? I have spent the last 18 years writing screenplays and, while there has been some success (two distributed films, a screenplay option, meetings with nifty LA people, admission letters from both USC F...
December 16, 2015
Read Faster? With More Retention? Really?!?
So, I hang out every night, from about 9pm till 12 or 1 in the morning in the virtual world Kitely.
Image from Wikipedia ~ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Mia5793
I talk to writers…
Writers from many different places in our world…
Sometimes we talk in nice buildings, sometimes on boating trips, sometimes just sitting on the grass, or the top of a mountain…
And, I don’t pay anything but my basic Internet fee to do all this virtual socializing…
So, the other night, at The Muse (a cool s...
December 15, 2015
Author FAQ: Money matters for writers
Are you a writer?
Do you know one?
Today’s re-blog gets deeply into the whole issue of the “day-job”—whether to keep it or quit for full-time writing…
A few months ago, I did a blog post/ranty-thing tackling the notion that you have to be a starving artist in order to truly be creative. (Spoiler: That’s a load of crap.) Nobody likes starving. If you have the means to avoid it, and most readers here presumably do, I think you have the obligation to, you know,not starve.
As...
