Sharon C. Williams's Blog, page 22

Invest in your characters of your book

  Learning how to make our characters strong, believable, lovable, loathed, and focused is something we all should strive for as writers. For as a reader I want to fall in love with my character or hate them so badly … Continue reading →

7 Ways To Overcome the dumbs

I came across this post and thought it would be a good one to share. Enjoy. The dumbs can hit working authors harder than anyone. …The very act of sitting in front of a monitor all day to write can … Continue reading →

Is motivation a problem when it comes to your writing?

  How do you stay motivated to write? Just reading status of fellow writers it seems people have taken some time off, even if they didn’t mean to, to work on their manuscripts. Some took days off and before they … Continue reading →

Your writing corner

  Is your working space conducive to writing? Is it too near a tv, the couch or oh my gosh the fridge? I know friends who are writers that make themselves go to coffee shops or libraries to avoid the … Continue reading →

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah and all the ones I am missing. May the holidays be a time of peace and joy. If you are traveling safe journey whatever method that is being used. If you are alone for … Continue reading →

Do writers compete with each other?

There are so many writing contests out there. All one has to do is search online or look inside one of the magazines for writing you might subscribe to or pick up to read. They come in every genre, word … Continue reading →

Writing coach: a new aspect of my business

  A year or two ago I started to expand my business and became a writing coach. Four or five years prior I offered for free what I knew and had learned to writers I knew in this area. I … Continue reading →

I live with my main character to my children’s series

  It is this big guy’s anniversary of coming home to his forever home. Well, actually it was in October 18 years ago when our youngest child came to his forever home. In 1999 we rescued/adopted a five-year old yellow … Continue reading →

Happy Thanksgiving

    This week we celebrate our history of the pilgrims coming to the New World for a better life. I was fortunate to read the book “ They Came For Freedom: The Forgotten, Epic Adventure Of The Pilgrims” by … Continue reading →

Is writing a big part of you like let’s say breathing?

  I am a late bloomer. When some of my writers friends asked me how long I have been writing I told them since the end of 2009. What I received back was wonder and amazement for they had been … Continue reading →