Writers’ Workshop
Five Writing Blogs You Should Be Reading
Last week, Positive Writer posted their list of the Top 25 Writing Blogs. After I finished filling up my blog reader with new discoveries, I thought, Wait. Some of my favorites didn’t get mentioned! How could this be? So here are my unofficial additions to this list: the top five...
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23 Ways To Break Writer’s Block
Every writer has been there: the words are flowing, the story is gelling, and then all of a sudden—nothing. Like the faucet has been turned off, or the river has been dammed upstream. You tell yourself not to panic, but as hours pass, especially if you’re under deadline, panic begins...
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5 Things No One Will Tell You About Being Published
2013 was a pretty amazing year for me. My first novel, Five Days in Skye, was published, and I made the official jump from aspiring/contracted writer to actual author. With it came an inside look into the mysterious world of “being published.” But what I found was not what I...
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Setting–and Reaching–Your Writing Goals
Welcome to the Monday Writers’ Workshop! For 2014, I’m trying out a different format for this Monday column. I’ll be choosing a different theme each month—and I’ve got a great schedule of guest posters lined up, including industry experts and some of my own favorite authors. Appropriately, the theme for...
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