One often untapped resource is the power of selling books at farmers’ markets. These friendly neighborhood venues can be perfect for authors. Let’s take a look.
Important Terms Every Poet Should Know, Part 2: Sound Devices
The right term can allow you to condense a whole thought into a single word. This week, we’re going to play with Sound Devices and how they charge your poetry.
A mood writer is a real writer too—just different
I’m a mood writer. I never really knew what that was until I joined the online writing community. It’s a strength I’ve come to cherish, even if it’s chaotic. I’m owning it.
The Writing Warm-Up: What it is and how to start
What is a writing warm-up, you may ask? Easy. Similar to any other warm-up, it’s a free-write. A word vomit. It works the writing muscle to keep it strong.
Passive Voice: What NOT to fix in your story
Did you know there are times you should KEEP passive voice in your novel, writers? Here’s how to tell the difference between what you should fix or leave be.
Common Grammar Mistakes & How to Avoid Them (Part 2)
Rather than inundate you with every grammar rule in one post, you get a second blog with common grammar mistakes. You’re welcome. Let’s dive right in, friends!
Connotations and Denotations: Powerful story tools
Almost any word you use will have a connotation and a denotation. A lot of those words may have several. Most of the time, you don’t have to overthink it. Exploring this aspect of wordplay is a game, an exciting challenge.
Important Terms Every Poet Should Know: Poetry and Prose
Over the month of April, we’ll be posting a lot about poetry here on the blog, including this series on Important Terms Every Poet Should Know. We’re going to start our conversation by defining two of the most important words of the genre: Poetry and Prose.
Getting Out of Your Own Way: How to start and finish a novel
In May 2020, I started what would become my first complete novel. I was thrilled with the achievement, as one is when accomplishing the massive undertaking of writing an entire book. Almost exactly a year later, I received the work back from a developmental editor who TORE IT APART. As in, basically said it had…
Unused words are not a waste
It isn’t like I have a lot of it, you know? So when I sit down with my brain and mine it for words, that is time that I am not using to complete another task. That is critical time. And I know we all feel it.