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7 Tips for Naming Your Characters
Originally posted on J. Young-Ju Harris:
Naming characters is an important part of character creation. It determines how your characters will be known moving forward. Some people find this aspect of the character creation phase to be very easy or mostly intuitive. For those of you who don’t, here are some of my suggestions on…
Mystery Mondays: Patricia F. Pagan On Writing In A Busy Life.
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Welcome, Patricia F. Pagan. First, congratulations to Patricia on being a new mom. How she finds to time be a mom, write and work is a mystery..one and we’ll soon learn about. Writing When You’re Busy by Patricia F. Pagan. The first collection that I have curated since becoming a…
Camp NaNoWriMo: 50,000 words in 1 month?
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
This year, I decided I would participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in November. When I checked out the process, I discovered there is such a thing as Camp NaNoWriMo that happens in July. As far as I can tell the only difference is that in July, the participating…
Mystery Mondays: A Gift For You
Originally posted on Kristina Stanley:
Today is the one year anniversary of Mystery Mondays. I’m very excited to announce Mystery Mondays: 2015-2016 Writing Tips From Over 30 Contributing Authors. So many of the authors who contributed to Mystery Mondays agreed to have their posts included in this free book. If you’d like a free copy,…
How to Be Taken Seriously as a Writer
Originally posted on Kate M. Colby:
So writing is your creative calling, your life’s purpose, your ultimate joy. Congratulations! You’re part of (in my totally unbiased opinion) one of the best groups of people in the world. You know it, I know it — and yet, your friends and family don’t. After all, what’s so special…
#WW The Emotions of Finishing a Novel
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Recently, I finished the first draft of a novel. Granted, any novelist already knows that means the novel isn’t truly finished, but alas, finishing that first draft is the first hurdle to novel freedom. There are a lot of emotions that come along with that moment. Even if it…
#MondayBlogs Where My Girls At?
Originally posted on Shannon A. Thompson:
Intro: Shannon, here, but only for a bit. Today, I have a wonderful guest blogger with an equally as wonderful guest post. Kendra L. Saunders is a time-and-space traveling fashionista author. Even better? She’s broadening the horizon for female characters by featuring a protagonist in her late 20’s, a…
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