Award-winning author E.J. Wenstrom didn’t considered herself creative enough to be a writer until a mentor encouraged her otherwise. Her Chronicles of the Third Realm War (City Owl Press) is described as “a peculiar mashup of Greek mythology, Judeo-Christian folklore,…
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Don’t Spoon-Feed Your Readers
Trigger the theater of your readers’ minds, and each can vividly imagine the story in their own unique way. Evoke, don’t spoon-feed. Get out of the way of your reader’s imagination. ~ Jerry Jenkins
Author Interview: ML Spencer
Author ML Spencer is a biology teacher by day and a writer by night. In 2011, she published the first book in her Rhenwars Saga, the award-winning Darkmage, and concluded the pentalogy with Darkfall in 2018. The series “is a…
Love Your Writing Journey
There will always be another hill to climb, another goal to reach, a new star to strive for. So learn to love each and every day of your writing journey, no matter how hard it gets. Because success won’t bring…
Tagged with: inner writing life, Kristen Kieffer quote, the writing journey, writing encouragement, writing quotes, writing truths
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Posted in Quotes
Writing Character Emotions Just Got Easier
Surprise, this is the second post in one week for me, but I just wanted to let you know The Emotion Thesaurus (Second Edition) by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi is now available. I received my copy in the mail…
What Beginning Writers Misunderstand about Storytelling
Between this blog and the website for SouthWest Writers, I’ve conducted over a hundred interviews in the last few years. The answers I enjoy most involve the writing process, how authors deal with world building and series writing, and what…
10 Tips to Conquer a Writing Block Mountain
Writers often slam into a story wall. Sometimes they find a way to scale it and continue to run and dodge through the rest of the obstacle course to reach “The End.” But sometimes, instead of a wall standing in…
Tagged with: writer's block, writing blocks, writing encouragement, writing truths
Posted in Writing Advice
Posted in Writing Advice
A Must-have Resource for Writing Character Emotions
For the last month, I’ve been part of a Street Team for Angela and Becca at Writers Helping Writers who will launch a new writing book on February 19th. Because they’re known for showing, not telling, they decided it would be…
Goals: Blogging, Books, and Bonekeeping
After weeks of thinking, planning, and scribbling (along with necessary reality checks), I’ve settled on several writing-related goals for the coming year. Fiction Goals Major goal: Book one in my dark fantasy series, The Last Bonekeeper, is ready for an…
Tagged with: goal setting, the writing life, writing commitment, writing goals
Posted in Musings, Sharing My Writing
Posted in Musings, Sharing My Writing
Obstacles
As someone who’s easily distracted, I understand the need to stay focused on what’s important (and to remind myself of that truth). A companion of that need is remembering to remind myself. Like so many others at this time of…
Tagged with: goal setting, Hannah More quote, inner writing life, Jack Bickham quote, quotes to stay focused, writing encouragement, writing quotes, writing truths
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