Guest Bloggers Every week I plan to feature a guest author on Thursday/Friday. I have plenty of Thursdays open January through March, so if you’re interested in being one of my featured guests, just let me know. If you don’t already have my email address, you can leave your contact information below in the comments …Read More
Why I NANOWRIMO … by Sarah Reichert
I have a lot of obligations in my life. All of them huffing on my doorstep before the sun even breaks, panting and frothing from their mouths, waiting to chase me through the day like a rabid pack of wolves. From the kids’ music lessons to their homework, the pets, the laundry and dishes; a …Read More
How I Wrote a Historical Novel Set in an Era I Knew Nothing About … by Jennifer Kincheloe
Five years ago, I knew nothing about the Progressive Era. I mean naught, nothing, nada. I had some vague notion that they washed their hair with egg yolks and drank Coca Cola laced with cocaine, but that was about it. I ran across a brief article about a police matron, Alice Stebbins Wells, who became …Read More
Writing by Sticky Note: Saving Those Fleeing Ideas … By M. K. Theodoratus
A fortune cookie once told me: A short pencil is more enduring than a long memory. I don’t know about you, but that little slip of paper knew how my brain works. Yeah, my memory has the half-life of a gnat. “Brilliant” ideas appear at the most inopportune times and fade away before I can …Read More
Getting Back on the Horse …. by Liana Brooks
It has been scientifically proven that good habits are easy to break. There’s rarely social support for “good” habits like eating vegetables, controlling portion sizes, honestly assessing yourself, recognizing your talents, or doing monthly breast exams. We all know these things are necessary, but the stores still sell candy bars at the checkout, the restaurants …Read More
Unfriending Your Couch … by Rich Keller
Pat, a plethora of thanks for allowing me to spew my verbiage on the site that is your Intranets web document. I wish you the best of luck on your medical procedure, although I’m not too sure total body plastic surgery is the way to go. Still, it’s your choice if you wish to look …Read More
Finding a Voice … by Kathleen Ernst
In the book world, “voice” is a difficult-to-define but prized element. “I can’t describe voice,” editors say, “but I know it when I see it.” When conceptualizing my latest Chloe Ellefson mystery, Death on the Prairie, I’ve thought a lot about finding a voice—and not just my own as a writer. Chloe is curator of …Read More
Character Growth: Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
By Jason P. Henry (Conference Director, 2016 Pikes Peak Writers Conference) I’d like to believe my writing abilities have come a long way since I first started. I could attribute my improvement to many things, but there’s one factor that I hold in highest regard. That is the multitude of amazing people I have met …Read More
One Writer’s Tools … by Bailey Cates
Thanks for inviting me to guest, Patricia! It is a rare book event where some version of the question, “What is your process?” doesn’t come up. Heck, I want to know how other writers create stories out of nothing, too. Alas, I still haven’t discovered the magic formula. So instead I thought I’d share a …Read More
Literary Mystery Fiction: Finding the Sweet Spot … by Nancy G. West
Many people divide literary fiction from mystery fiction based on considering these elements: memorable characters and/or prose, sensory details, pacing (timing of events); high stakes; and tone (serious to humorous.) Which elements do these literary fiction authors, and one mystery writer, incorporate into their work? Most of these authors use all the elements. Since they’re …Read More
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