A Pocket-Sized Jumble of 500+ Writing Prompts used to be my standby seller; out of all of my books, it was guaranteed to sell at least a few copies every single month, ever since its publication date. It was never a bestseller, but it was a steady one. As a hybrid writer, most of myContinue reading “Refreshing With a New Book Cover or Not?”
Category Archives: Writing Life
Friday Fandom and a Few Musings
Ongoing Reading Challenge I have a huge stack of library books which I am working my way through, but I haven’t finished many of them, and realized today that a few of them I probably won’t finish at all. This makes me sad, but also glad I found those books at the library. What IContinue reading “Friday Fandom and a Few Musings”
Writerly Book Review: bird by bird by Anne Lamott
bird by bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott, Author of Operating Instructions, is a book on the writing life that doesn’t pull any punches about the journey to publication and the journey after it as a writer. And yes, the title is really in lowercase, which seems like a strange juxtapositionContinue reading “Writerly Book Review: bird by bird by Anne Lamott”
Fandom Friday and Five Writing Prompts
This is the post where I update my 2023 Reading Challenge Stats, discuss what I’ve been watching/listening to, and as part of a new twist, I’ve decided to add in five writing prompts. I’m doing something like this at my Substack, and thought I would try it here, but this will probably be the onlyContinue reading “Fandom Friday and Five Writing Prompts”
IWSG: March 2023
Today is blog hop day for The Insecure Writers’ Support Group, started by Alex J. Cavanaugh and co-hosted this month by: Diedre Knight, Tonya Drecker, Bish Denham, Olga Godim, and JQ Rose! Many thanks to all who participate and make IWSG possible! The March 1st Optional Question is: Have you ever read a line in novel or a clever plotContinue reading “IWSG: March 2023”
Writerly Book Review: Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
If you don’t think a book on grammar can be funny, entertaining, or interesting, you haven’t read Lynne Truss’s book Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation. This gem of a book with a super cute cover (the American version has pandas on it) made the rounds in 2003, but it’s applicableContinue reading “Writerly Book Review: Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss”
Fandom Fridays: Reading 2023, Watching, Listening
This is a post to update anyone interested in my 2023 Reading Challenge, as well as some extra bits about fandom and creatives. 2023 Reading Challenge Update 24. Blade of Ash: Scepter and Crown Book One by C.F.E. Black is a romantic fantasy with Christian thematic elements and clean romance. The characters are fun toContinue reading “Fandom Fridays: Reading 2023, Watching, Listening”
My Kindle Vella Story, Part 3 (Vella to Novel)
For many writers who used or heard of Kindle Vella in the Beta phase, the issue that stood out had to do with the rights of authors who wanted to take their completed work from the Kindle Vella platform and turn it into Ebook, paperback, and/or audiobooks. Originally, the KV program was extremely strict aboutContinue reading “My Kindle Vella Story, Part 3 (Vella to Novel)”
My Kindle Vella Journey, Part 2
This is the second post in a series. If you would like to read Part 1, please go back to last week. Kindle Vella has challenged me to learn a great deal as a writer. It forced me to learn more about my own process of writing, as well as what works on the platform.Continue reading “My Kindle Vella Journey, Part 2”
Fandom Friday: Reading, Listening, and a Newish Idea
This has been a week of downs and ups. My mom-in-law spent some time in the hospital. But, as always, I was doing some reading (partly because that’s how I deal with stress or happiness – either way, reading increases my happiness and relaxes me, so I don’t find it to be a chore). ReadingContinue reading “Fandom Friday: Reading, Listening, and a Newish Idea”
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