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Tips To Correct The Pacing In Your Novel (part 2)
If you missed part one of this post series you can find it here. Today I’d like to talk about structure and show vs. tell vs. really showing. By structure I mean scene and…
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3 Tips To Correct The Pacing In Your Novel – Part One
What is pacing? Pacing is the rhythm of the novel, of the chapters and scenes and paragraphs and sentences. It is also the rate at which the reader reads and the speed at…
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One Lovely Blog Award
This morning I received a comment on my blog from a fellow writer and blogger, David J. Delaney, nominating me for the One Lovely Blog Award. David’s blog I have always enjoyed. He…
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Sisters In Crime Blog Hop
As I told you in my last post, I Swear To Tell The Truth, I recently joined Sisters In Crime. The mission of Sisters in Crime: to promote the professional development and advancement of…
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Channeling Your Emotion to The Page
This morning at 5 a.m. I woke to a nightmare. Before I get to that story let me give you a little back story. For those of you who don’t know I have…
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Writers: Helpful Hashtags on Twitter
Okay, let’s talk Twitter. Social media is a necessary part of being an author in today’s world. I belong to many sites, such as: Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, StumbleUpon, Triberr, Pinterest, Goodreads, Google +,…
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Descriptions in fiction writing
Many writers struggle with descriptions. How much detail do you give? How important is it that I describe this object/place? How do you go about describing an everyday object so you don’t bore…
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When is a writer an author?
When does a writer make the leap to author? This is a question I’ve pondered for years. I know what “they” say. By “they” I assume it means industry standards. They say a…
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Please don't base your success or failure by what you read on the internet
I don’t normally bash other people’s posts. If you own a blog you have the right to say anything you want. Right? Well, in this case no. And I’ll tell you why. I…
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A writer's busy life.
Writers have very busy lives. I had no idea how busy until I decided to write full-time. 1. You need to constantly work on your WIP (work in progress, for non-writers). 2. Create…
