As a new author who is trying to write a novel, work a regular job, and be a loving wife and mom, I have a lot of balls in the air. Trying to keep it all together can feel overwhelming and–please don’t eat your sister’s socks. The best advice I can give is to fit…
Best Thanksgiving Books For Kids
There’s nothing like a seasonal story to lift our spirits and get us in the mood to celebrate! Whether you’re in the mood for silly fun or a serious exploration of this holiday’s roots and meaning, this must-read list of children’s Thanksgiving books has you covered. Thanks for Thanksgiving by Julie Marks This warmhearted celebration…
Get Your NaNoWriMo Project Back on Track
For the sake of this article, I’ll assume you’ve heard of NaNoWriMo, the mad dash to write a 50,000-word novel in November. If you haven’t, click here to check it out. If you have, and you’re participating this year, how are you doing? Are you on track? Have you fallen behind and lost hope of…
Favorite Writing Craft Podcasts and Videos
I’m not a writer by training. I completed my bachelor’s and master’s degrees to become a pediatric speech-language pathologist. Growing up, I wasn’t a fan of my English classes. While I loved reading, learning to diagram a sentence seemed ridiculous. Now that I want to become an author, I need some help developing my writing…
Best Writing Craft Books
This is one of my favorite MWW Book Lists to date. Why do you ask? Because every single suggestion on this list was recommended by one of our members! Working on your craft is an ongoing journey throughout a writer’s career. Writing books can be an excellent stimulant to kick up the heat on your…
Scattered & Breaking: The dystopian addiction continues.
Scattered & Breaking is the second book in a series written by the talented Natalie Camarratta. If you haven’t read Falling & Uprising, STOP, DROP, and ROLL on out. There are spoilers ahead. I’ll be honest, at the end of Falling & Uprising, I wasn’t Natalie’s biggest fan. Not because her story wasn’t amazing, but…
Negative Comments Online: How To Deal
Trying to establish yourself on social media is hard enough. But trying to do it while battling negative comments flying your way– brutal. I follow a number of writers, creatives, and mothers on Instagram. Most of these individuals I admire or love to learn from. Others I seek out for inspiration, a little daily motivation…
‘The Shadow Man’ by Amélia Cognet was terrifying, accurate, and satisfying
If you are looking for a book that will make you afraid of every shadow that moves one moment and cause you to laugh out loud the next, I offer The Shadow Man by Amélia Cognet as tribute. The first book in Amélia Cognet’s Celeste series is built with expert story weaving, but the well…
‘Killing Ghosts’- You don’t have to be haunted forever.
Reading the Foreward to Allie Gravitt’s Killing Ghosts was all it took to know I needed to own this book: There comes a time when you have to kill your ghosts, but in order to do that you have to face them. You have to look at the ugly parts of yourself and your world….
Never Have I Ever: ADHD Writer Edition
Have you ever played “Never Have I Ever?” The idea is that a group of friends, sitting in a circle, put up all their fingers. Someone says “Never have I ever…(insert thing)” and anyone who has done the thing has to put a finger down. Last person left with fingers up wins. I hear this can…