Tag Archive | mentoring
My Advice for New Writers by John W. Howell
Originally posted on Mystery Thriller Week:
? I was at a book signing the other day, and a person asked me a question that caused me to have to think a little before blurting out an answer. The question was, “What should every new writer know?” My answer at the time seemed to satisfy the…
Dellani’s Alphabet Challenge Letter B – Bad Fall – An Excerpt
Originally posted on writemindsauthors:
Frank Atherton is the assistant director at a huge nursing facility in Ohio. He’s having a pretty bad week after a man named Ralph Penwarren arrives. The only good thing to happen all week is meeting Marka Ventimiglia, a new psychiatrist who’s just started working at the facility. They are immediately…
Weekend Edition – Time to Write Plus Good Reads and Writing Tips
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
On Making Time to Write in a Real Life I’d been having trouble with my computer. The machine, a beautiful MacBook Pro, is only a few years old; but something seemed to have snapped in its shiny, silver brain. No matter what task I set…
Weekend Edition – Why You Write Plus Writing Tips and Good Reads
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Why You Write Source: IBM: http://www-03.ibm.com/ Though perhaps I should spend less time questioning and more time simply doing, I have always had a fascination with why human beings create art and, in particular, why we write. When you spend as much time as we…
Weekend Edition – Writers, Better with Age plus Good Reads and Writing Tips
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Writers, Like Fine Wines, Get Better with Age About a week ago, I picked up my first pair of reading glasses. I like being able to see more clearly, but cautious overcompensation to avoid a collision between the lenses of my glasses and the rim of…
Weekend Edition – The Dichotomy of You Plus Good Reads and Writing Tips
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
The Dichotomy of You – The Writer You are a complex animal. You are not only human (already a perplexing tangle of physical, emotional, and spiritual knots), you are also a writer. You are human complexity to a factor of ten – a bundle of…
Weekend Edition – Life Without Regrets plus Writing Tips and Good Reads
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
Dan’s right. It is later than you think. Do you ever feel like the Universe is conspiring to send you a message? I do. All the time. This week, the theme was “Life is Short.” I began the week with a little getaway that was…
Weekend Edition – A Writer’s Technical Nightmare Plus Good Reads and Writing Tips
Originally posted on Live to Write – Write to Live:
The spinning pinwheel of death – so pretty, and yet, so deadly Stand By: Technical Difficulties Ahead Nearly everyone I’ve spoken to over the last few days – whether online, or in “real life” – has had similarly disparaging things to say about the past…
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