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Twitter, the Unexpected Tool for Writing

I had a personal Twitter account, (still do, I guess), but I never really got it. Things flew past too quickly, I couldn’t follow conversations and lots of it made no sense to me. When I was getting ready to put Apple out, I started collecting various social media accounts to make sure I had the […]

A blog post on getting yourself in the mood for writing. Feel free to share any...

A blog post on getting yourself in the mood for writing. Feel free to share any tips of your own here or on the post:
https://wordsofrablack.wordpress.com/2015/01/14/getting-writing/


Getting Writing
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When you're on a roll and the words are flowing, it's a wonderful experience. But sometimes you need a little push to get to that point. Here are some of the things I do to get me in the mood for w...

Getting Writing

When you’re on a roll and the words are flowing, it’s a wonderful experience. But sometimes you need a little push to get to that point. Here are some of the things I do to get me in the mood for writing: Location: My usual spot on the couch is for watching TV and poking […]

Wrote the last scene of Happily Ever After. Okay, so I technically have to go ba...

Wrote the last scene of Happily Ever After. Okay, so I technically have to go back and fill in another couple of chapters, and maybe an epilogue, but hey. The end is done.

I've started putting book reviews up on my blog: http://wordsofrablack.wordpress...

I've started putting book reviews up on my blog: http://wordsofrablack.wordpress.com/2015/01/12/book-review-aspect-of-winter/


Book Review - ASPECT OF WINTER
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Aspect of Winter by Tom Early It���s hard enough just being gay in high school even as a senior, but Feayr (Fay) must also deal with hiding the magic of winter that he possesses. His best friend Sam ...

Book Review – ASPECT OF WINTER

Aspect of Winter by Tom Early It’s hard enough just being gay in high school even as a senior, but Feayr (Fay) must also deal with hiding the magic of winter that he possesses. His best friend Sam (Samantha) is his only confidant, and every day that he has to pretend to be normal pushes […]

A post on how to format dialogue:http://wordsofrablack.wordpress.com/2......

A post on how to format dialogue:
http://wordsofrablack.wordpress.com/2015/01/10/how-to-dialogue/


How to Dialogue
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Something that comes up over and over is dialogue formatting. Writing dialogue well is a skill, but getting the formatting correct is simply a matter of knowing the rules. So, here are some exampl...

How to Dialogue

Something that comes up over and over is dialogue formatting. Writing dialogue well is a skill, but getting the formatting correct is simply a matter of knowing the rules.  So, here are some example lines to help explain. “Good morning, Harry,” she says. The above line has two parts: the dialogue  and the speech tag […]

In an attempt to have yet more social media, I have a blog. Content is limited a...

In an attempt to have yet more social media, I have a blog. Content is limited at the moment, but you can find synopses and extracts for completed and in-progress works. I'm hoping to add more writing articles soon. There's one on my thoughts on the Oxford Comma so far.

That's a nice start to a Monday: wake to a request for a full manuscript.

That's a nice start to a Monday: wake to a request for a full manuscript.