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December 31, 2013
Savvy Blogging for Time Starved Writers: Free E-book Download
“Savvy Blogging for Time Starved Writers” is a free pdf e-book containing the best blogging posts which have appeared on CommuniCATE Resources for Writers. It places them together in one handy, downloadable volume from this link. You are welcome to pass the book onto anyone, as long as my Copyright remains intact! This is an […]
December 29, 2013
Editing Resources Master List
While I am on leave and napping through the summer heat, here is a round up of editing related posts which have been popular on the blog. Enjoy! Editing Checklists and Resources The Best Kept Editing Secret Advanced Editing Resources Learning Curve: Editing and Publishing: Guest Post by Lissa Bryan Stopping Writing Distractions: A Life Saving Piece of […]
December 26, 2013
Writing as a Tool to Heal: Encouraging Words
“I choose to write because it’s perfect for me. It’s an escape, a place I can go to hide. It’s a friend, when I feel out casted from everyone else. It’s a journal, when the only story I can tell is my own. It’s a book, when I need to be somewhere else. It’s control, […]
December 23, 2013
Golden Cobwebs: A Magical Poem from Childhood
I have this old book sitting on the bookcase: “Treasury of Christmas Stories” edited by Ann McGovern. I have had it since I was a child. Inside it is this treasure, which is stated as being an old tale retold in verse. I hope it brings you some of the childhood wonder of Christmas. The Christmas […]
December 22, 2013
Collective Wisdom on the Writing Life
To celebrate the end of the year, here are the highest ranking guest posts on “Writing Lessons from the Writing Life.” Writing Your Way Through Depression, by Christy Birmingham What Has Writing Done for You? by Julie Frayn Three Warning Signs When Bringing Your Own Emotions into Fiction Writing, by Michael W. Roberts Confessions of a […]
December 19, 2013
Not Your Average Romance Writer: Nora Roberts
Visit Nora’s web site at: http://www.noraroberts.com “Nora Roberts (born Eleanor Marie Robertson; October 10, 1950) is an American bestselling author of more than 209 romance novels. She writes as J.D. Robb for the “In Death” series, and has also written under the pseudonym Jill March. Additionally, some of her works were published in the UK as […]
December 17, 2013
Amazon Kindle Downunder ~ Books for Writers
As Amazon continues to spread over the globe, an Australian Kindle shop is now online. (See the word shop? That is ‘store’ in Australian.) For those of us who are patriotic and love to see our work sold on our own shore… and are turning cartwheels at finally being rid of the huge bank fees […]
December 15, 2013
Cheering Up Your Work Environment: Gifts for Writers
Every December I get the reward of writing one fun blog post… this is it. Great gifts for writers! I sit at my desk for too many hours a week. It gets boring. I like to keep it bright, cheerful and I will admit it, at times a little geekery goes down well with me. […]
December 12, 2013
Time Flies ~ 2014 #Free #Steampunk Calendars: Year to View
If you are a fan of Steampunk, I hope you enjoy these free calendars. Please click on the preview thumbnails to download the full images. The download is 1MB per image. These are free to use, print and share, as long as they stay in one piece. If you like the individual elements in the […]
December 11, 2013
Delve into your story
Reblogged from FlashMemoirs: Make Your Memoir an Engaging Story guest post by Lynette Benton As we sit around two rectangular conference tables we’ve pushed together, I eye my memoir-writing students and say, “When you write about your life, make sure it’s a story, not a report. Even your nearest and dearest will recoil from the […]
