Tag Archive | #amwriting
How to discover your writing genre
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
What genre is your writing? Thanks to Ryan over at A Writer’s Path for mentioning Literary Rejections. The post explaining in detail the definition of each genre, is just one of the many posts over at Literary Rejections with a wealth of information for writers. Hop over and find out…
How to use a Figure of Speech in your writing
Originally posted on Jean's Writing:
T = Tropes A figure of speech A word, phrase, expression, or image that is used in a figurative way, usually for rhetorical effect. As writers we use tropes all the time. We all learned about the most common types of tropes in grade school, metaphor and simile. Metaphor:…
Hiring an Editor is Not the Place to Cut Corners
Originally posted on blindoggbooks:
Back in 2003 I left a really well-paying job to start my own home improvement business. It was a questionable decision at best, and I quickly learned that whatever skills I possessed as a carpenter were trumped by my complete inadequacy as a business man. Despite the inevitable failure of my…
Official Title: The Matriarch: Changeling (Plus a Cover Reveal Event Announcement)
Originally posted on ThinkingSkull.com:
As the third book enters the final phase before publication, the official title has been revealed: The Matriarch: Changeling A Facebook event will be take place on Friday, February 13th, 2015 along with a contest to win one of three signed softcover copies of the new book upon publication. Join…
Write what you LOVE.
Originally posted on Lit World Interviews:
Write what you know is perhaps the most over used and overrated piece of advice ever given to writers. I am sure Mary Shelly knew a great deal about creating a monster from body parts and electricity. She had heard various legends and histories and tales in her travels…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 