20180812 Weekly Update
Whew! What a week! I got the daily Instagrams done, posted my monthly Vlog and had to work on a Sunday. (Did you know I’m employed?) Yup. Until you see my name on the bestseller list or a movie is…
Time
Okay. Days, weeks and (yikes!) months have passed since my last blog and despite life’s trials and tribulations, the writing bug keeps following me. So here I am. Onwards! As a writer, TIME is one of the elements we must…
First Draft
Among the many nuggets of wisdom shared on writing your first draft, one is repeated on a regular basis that I do my best to agree with, but mostly see as a promotion for discouragement: “Every first draft is crap.”…
Names
Writing a story usually involves dreaming up a scenario or event that prompts a hero into action. Sometimes, it is a group of people who are put into a situation that forces them all to deal with their own personal…
Favorites
Questions posed to writers range from where they get their ideas to how they became writers and everything in between. One question in particular continues to come up regularly which I find difficult to answer. “Who is your favorite author?”…
Know
One of the most common pieces of advice I find handed out to writers who are still beginning to develop their craft is to write what you know. I have never liked it. True, it is a well-meaning piece of…
Thanksgiving
I talked to a friend not long ago about my thoughts on being a writer. It may have come up after being asked something along the lines of why I haven’t put everything on hold so I can promote my…
Images
The writing process I have grown accustomed to entails many levels of involvement. As other new authors soon discover, writing the book is just step one. As soon as you are done with the story and have typed “The End”…
Covers
Among the many things I have worked on since returning to the world of writing, illustrating has proved to be just as challenging as crafting the story itself. I usually begin with the cover art then go from one chapter…
Processing
Every writer has a process by which they tell stories. Some write only after creating an outline while others write without a plan. There are many labels for these types. Plotters and Pantsers, Architects and Gardeners, Macro and Micro Planners……
