Photo Credit After a lot of thinking, and thinking, and thinking, I have decided that it’s time for me to temporarily retire my Week in Favs posts. This decision has been in the works for quite a while – since November, actually – and it wasn’t until I read Stina Lindenblatt’s post announcing that she was retiring her Cool Links Friday posts, that I finally decided to retire my post as well. Stina’s reasonings mirror my own, and so once […]
Continue ReadingThis Week in Favs – 1.25.2013
Playing on the Zune: Night of the Hunter by 30 Seconds to Mars Social Media, Blogging, and Author Websites A Tip for Getting Readers to Your Blog by Lucille Zimmerman on WordServe Water CoolerSocial Media Just for Writers by Stina LindenblattCharacter Development: Morals & Ideology by Ava JaeWriter Wednesday: Goodreads vs. Facebook Ads – an Experiment – Part I and Part II by Angela QuarlesThe Power of a Reader’s Word of Mouth by Jody Hedlund On Writing Craft Three […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s Your Biggest Obstacle?
Photo Credt Last week I was approached by the lovely Charissa Weaks to join in on some writing fun – er, yeah, we’ll go with *fun* – and talk about the biggest obstacle I’ve faced as a writer. Of course I was excited to oblige, Charissa’s an all-around awesome person (who I can’t wait to meet in person one day), and hey, let’s face it, I’m a writer, and I’ve definitely had struggles. 🙂 When it came down to decided […]
Continue ReadingThis Week in Favs – 1.18.2013
Playing on the Zune: Haunted by Kelly Clarkson Social Media, Blogging, and Author Websites Passionate Characters to Counteract the Passive Inciting Incident by Martina BooneThe Most Powerful Social Media Tool for Building an Author Platform – Part 1 & Part 2 – by Kristen Lamb On Writing Craft Four Ways to Pre-Write Your Scenes on The Otherside of the Story with Janice HardyFive Quick Tips for Better Dialogue in Fiction on The Creative Penn5 Examples of Misplaced Modifiers on […]
Continue ReadingThis Week in Favs – 1.11.2013
Playing on the Zune: Gasoline by The Living Daylights Social Media, Blogging, and Author Websites Divide and Conquer: Building an Author Platform by Proxy How to Think of Blog Post Ideas by Ava Jae on Writability On Writing Craft What Writers Can Learn From Classic Television on Left-Brain Business for Write-Brained People Inspired Openings by Kay Honeyman on Adventures in YA & Children’s Publishing The Paradox by Donald Maass The Finishing Touches by Jael McHenry Series of […]
Continue ReadingNew Year, New Setting, New Attitude
Happy 2013, everyone! It’s a Work-In-Progress, but here’s y new writing space! It’s been a looong time since I last posted, and while I spent quite a bit of time beating myself up over not doing my weekly posts throughout the holiday season, I also spent a lot of time re-evaluating life in general. From personal, to the day job, to the writing life, I took the time to sit back and re-think – at least when I wasn’t signing […]
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