The #AuthorToolboxBlogHop is a monthly event on the topic of resources and learning for authors. Feel free to hop around to the various blogs and see what you learn! The rules and sign-up form are below the list of hop participants. All authors at all stages of their careers are welcome to join.To continue hopping through other great blogs in the monthly #AuthorToolboxBlogHop or to join, click here. 'What's the difference between Plot and Story?' I struggled to grasp the … [Read more...]
#AuthorToolboxBlogHop: How to Write Addiction in Fiction
The #AuthorToolboxBlogHop is a monthly event on the topic of resources and learning for authors. Feel free to hop around to the various blogs and see what you learn! The rules and sign-up form are below the list of hop participants. All authors at all stages of their careers are welcome to join.To continue hopping through other great blogs in the monthly #AuthorToolboxBlogHop or to join, click here.Today, I'm sharing a guest post! :) Bill Weiss uses his … [Read more...]
SEPT 2017 #IWSG: How I’ve surprised myself as a writer #AmWriting #Ghostwriter
The awesome co-hosts for the September 6 posting of the IWSG are Tyrean Martinson, Tara Tyler, Raimey Gallant, and Beverly Stowe McClure! ..... mmm September 6 Question: Have you ever surprised yourself with your writing? For example, by trying a new genre you didn't think you'd be comfortable in? Yes. The first time I had to ghostwrite a story it was erotic romance. Not great as I dislike reading strict romance let alone erotica (up to that point I had only read one book … [Read more...]
Celebrate The Small Thing: PLUS ‘Siphoners’ by Evan Bollinger. #AmWriting #AmReading
Celebrate the Small Things. To be part of this blog hop, all you have to do is visit the Celebrate page on Lexa's Blog for the rules, and then post every Friday about something you're grateful for that week. It can be about writing or family or school or general life. This is the funnest and easiest blog hop ever! (Originated by VikLit)Along with Lexa, her wonderful co-hosts of Celebrate the Small Things are: L.G. Keltner @ Writing Off The Edge Tonja Drecker @ Kidbits … [Read more...]
101 Damnations: Learn what #writing dystopian or post-apocalyptic fiction entails from #horror author, Sam Mortimer. #Amwriting
For horror writer's like myself, these kinds of posts are perfect. They not only offer insights into the dark minds of other horror writers, but also offer advice and inspiration to fuel our own writing. What follows is Sam Mortimer's lowdown on getting a feel for writing dystopian or post-apocalyptic fiction.101 Damnations Sam Mortimer Let us count the ways civilization could fall, and how humanity would be doomed to a broken existence. That’s typically what writing dystopian … [Read more...]
#AuthorToolboxBlogHop: Poetry Writing Tips Part 1
The #AuthorToolboxBlogHop is a monthly event on the topic of resources and learning for authors. Feel free to hop around to the various blogs and see what you learn! The rules and sign-up form are below the list of hop participants. All authors at all stages of their careers are welcome to join.To continue hopping through other great blogs in the monthly #AuthorToolboxBlogHop or to join, click here.In Part One of my Creative Nonfiction (CN) tips, I defined the different types of … [Read more...]