Roxanne Crouse's Blog, page 8
January 17, 2014
Guest Post by #Writer Peni Jo Renner #author of Puritan Witch:The Redemption of Rebecca Eames #witches #historical
Guest Post: The Reawakening of My Life’s Dream by Peni Jo Renner Life in general (marriage, moving, jobs, etc.) put my writing on the back burner and it stayed there for about 25 years until I happened to get in contact with a third cousin online. She is an amateur genealogist and we began discussing our common … Continue reading »
January 16, 2014
Step One to Sticking to a Daily Writing Routine: Define Your Motivation
So why do you want to be a writer? Why spend all that time away from family and fun? If you don’t know the reason that motivates you, how can you possibly keep at it? So here is step one to keep you writing every day. Step One: Define What motivates you and post it somewhere you will … Continue reading »
January 15, 2014
Apex Publishing’s I AM THE ABYSS Opening to Public Fiction Submissions on Tuesday, January 28th!
Let Apex Publishing Tell You All About Their Upcoming Open Call In two weeks we will be officially opening to the public for fiction submissions for our upcoming anthology I AM THE ABYSS. Submission guidelines will be available on our Submit page on 01/28/2014 as well as an e-mail that the manuscripts can be sent to. We will … Continue reading »
January 14, 2014
Dark Trails: An #Anthology of Weird Western Stories Needs Your Help to Happen! #kickstarter #writing
Let Michael Knost Tell You All About His Project! Saddle up your horses and get ready for Dark Western fiction that will merge the horror and western genres like never before! I love westerns. I also love horror, science fiction, and fantasy. It’s always been a dream of mine to merge the genres with a … Continue reading »
Maze by J.M. McDermott is here! #horror #fiction
Today’s the day! Maze by J.M. McDermott is finally here! Available through all your favorite retailers, in print, PDF, ePub, and mobi formats. Inspired by many, many viewings of Jim Henson’s Labyrinth, Mazelooks at what would happen if you didn’t make it to the castle in the center of the labyrinth, but instead stayed forever among the stone … Continue reading »
January 4, 2014
Extraordinary Writing Prompt # 1 The Outback and What is Hidden There
You may be wondering why I titled this as extraordinary. Well, it’s because sometimes I find the writing prompts online to be on the boring side. Yes, I know. They are only meant to get the wheels turning, but I find they don’t work for me. So I thought on occasion I’d come up with … Continue reading »
December 31, 2013
The Winners of the Gray Maneuvers #Giveaway!
I’m happy to announce the winners! Dale Grove the author will be contacting you soon so he can send out your prizes. Each winner gets a physical copy of the book. I hope you enjoy it. And please remember to write a review on Amazon and other book review sites. Self-pub authors need all the help … Continue reading »
December 26, 2013
Blogger Challenge #6: Four #Writing Related Sites I #Read Regularly #writingtips
I’d say the blogs below are the blogs I visit the most, but that’s not saying much. I bounce around randomly a lot. Any time I see something interesting in my feed I check it out. I visit my friend’s blogs the most so I included them as a separate list below. I’m a bit of a … Continue reading »
December 24, 2013
Like wildfires loose on a western mountain, the karmas of eight people converge on Bighorn Peak~The Sibyl Reborn by J. Perry Kelly #Fantasy
The Sibyl Reborn A Metaphysical Adventure J. Perry Kelly Genre: Urban Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Date of Publication: October 1, 2012 ISBN-10: 1481042653 ISBN-13: 978-1481042659 Number of pages: 565 Word Count: 190,000 Cover Artist: Amber Shaw Amazon Barnes & Noble Smashwords CreateSpace Book Description: Like wildfires loose on a western mountain, the karmas of eight people, … Continue reading »
December 23, 2013
Blogger Challenge #5: Three of My Worst Writing Flaws~Share the Pain #writer #writechat #amwriting
1. Not writing every day. Yes people, I don’t write every day and it’s a problem. I lose my momentum. I lose my voice for the character if I go too long (or characters). I find I can’t get whatever sweat spot I found back. That’s why you need to write every day. For the … Continue reading »
