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Writespiration #33
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
For those of you not in the UK, then a double yellow line is a marking on the side of roads to indicate you can’t park there. See picture below. If this inspired you, jot a few words, a poem, a haiku, or a story, and I will post it…
Romance Writers Weekly #lovewritechat
Originally posted on A Writer's Life For Me.:
Romance Weekly time 😀 If you’ve joined me from the incredible Kim Handysides then welcome! This week we’ve been asked, ‘What everyone is working on at the moment. Details & conundrums, plus five bonus points for including a wee bit of your favourite scene.’ Well, as…
Writing Challenge Entries #3
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
I have surprised myself this week with the quantity of challenges I managed to submit to. When I first started submitting them I struggled to do one or two, but I guess with practice the more you do them the quicker they become. This week I completed six and I even tried…
How To Take Charge And Write Your Own Way
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
I love reading blogs written by other writers, editors, publishers and general creative bods. I particularly love reading blogs on ‘writing’ and how to write better. That’s why in my own blog I like to explore the lessons I’m learning as I progress on my journey to be a writer. But…
The Secret To The Quickest Edit You Can Do
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
I have these awful words that plague me. I call them crutch words. They are those pesky words when I am in the zone writing a first draft that creep into my work…over and over and over again. They are an annoyance, an irritation, a PLAGUE on my life! They are the…
Writespiration #32
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
If this?Writespiration?inspired you then jot a few words, a poem or a story and post below and I will post them with a link to your blog in next weeks post. Here’s mine: What is Love? By Sacha Black “What does it feel like, Mama?” “What does what feel like,…
The Crafting Characters Series #4 5 Reasons You Need to Find Your Character’s Face
Originally posted on Sacha Black:
I read an article once, that said our brains are incapable of creating faces from scratch. I have no proof backing this up, but it seems a reasonable enough suggestion given the complexity of faces. For the purposes of this blog. This means that every face you see in your…
Books and Reading Thursday: Two birds, one stone…
Originally posted on A Writer's Life For Me.:
So, as you might have read, I have currently been reading and completing the first practical writing craft book on my TBR list. And I have to say it’s brilliant! The confidence it has boosted in me as a writer is amazing, and it’s really helping…
Character Sketch: Cosmas
Originally posted on A Writer's Life For Me.:
Thought I’d do something a little different for today’s post. I recently got a graphics tablet and have been having great fun playing around with it. I was inspired to draw a younger, care free version of Cosmas, who is a character from Prophecy of Stones.…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 