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…
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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
Posted in Quotes
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
Posted in Quotes
Posted in Quotes
Author Interview: JA Andrews
Author JA Andrews juggles time, family life, and aphantasia to write epic fantasy stories in her Keeper Chronicles world where peace-keeping storytellers fight magic with magic. The series includes A Threat of Shadows, book one (2nd edition, 2018) and Pursuit…
3 Fiction Writing Terms: Data Dump, Filter Word, Head Hopping
I wince at the memory of using each of these writing “no-no’s” in my early fiction (and critique partners still catch me in the act at times). Data dumping is fun for writers bursting to share their research or hard-wrought…
Tagged with: 3 Fiction Writing Terms series, be a better writer, Cynthia VanRooy quote, D. Wallace Peach quote, eliminate filter words, filtering in point of view, head hopping vs omniscient point of view, info dump, information dump, Janice Hardy quote, Joe Bunting quote, point of view filters, quotes for writers, Stefanie Gaither quote, suspend disbelief in fiction, weaknesses in writing, writing advice
Posted in Fiction Writing Terms
Posted in Fiction Writing Terms
