Tag Archive | Authors
How to Train Yourself to Stick to Your Own Deadlines
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Meg Dowell I used to be terrible with deadlines. Depending on how much I have going on at one time, sometimes I still struggle. I’m a life-long procrastinator. Sometimes I submit things at 11:58 when they’re due at midnight. It’s easy to think working deadline-based jobs is enough…
Meet Guest Author Steve Boseley…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Everything you always wanted to know about me, but didn’t care enough to ask. If you are looking for horror fiction that is chock-full to the brim with werewolves and zombies, I’m probably not your man. I write horror (amongst other things) that people can…
Meet Guest Author Gretchen Jeannette…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Hello Friends! My name is Gretchen Jeannette, and I love to write about 18th Century America. Growing up in an area rich in Revolutionary War history, I developed a particular fascination with the legends, heroes and lifestyles of that era. I read every novel on…
Author Marketing Support 2017 – here on Writer’s Treasure Chest
Originally posted on Writer's Treasure Chest:
Picture courtesy of: http://worldartsme.com/spread-the-word-clipart.html#gal_post_48436_spread-the-word-clipart-1.jpg Since this blog exists I hosted 40 fellow authors on ‘Writer’s Treasure Chest’. I am very proud of this number, but I’d like to do more. It’s January 2017 and I plan to publish further Author Spotlights here on my blog. By now ‘Writer’s Treasure Chest’ has…
Meet Guest Author Pamela D. Beverly…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Anyone over 30 seems to get written off these days as an old geezer, which is kind of ironic and funny to me. The music accompanying TV commercials to present-day TV shows and movies are chock-full of retreads, ahem, reboots they’re called by the younger…
7 Rookie Writing Mistakes (and 7 Ways to Improve)
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Phoebe Quinn 7 rookie writing mistakes: Writing about writers. The adage write what you know is all well and good (and somewhat debatable), but writing about a writer that needs inspiration to write – well, unless you’ve managed to put an original twist on it, you may as well just type I’VE…
Meet Guest Author Colin Chappell…
Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
I am Colin Chappell and was bitten by a German Shepherd at 14, which established a strong dislike of dogs for the next 40 years or so. Then I met a dog lover and we eventually became a couple, but without dogs! In late 2012,…
Finding Your Garret
Originally posted on Ryan Lanz:
? by Samantha Fenton Garret: a top-floor or attic room, especially a small dismal one (traditionally inhabited by an artist). I once read a book on writing which mentioned “finding a garret.” I had not heard this term before, and didn’t quite know exactly how it related to writing. But…
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