Category: Writing
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Free Writing Course!
Hey everyone! I hope you’re having a fun summer! I wanted to share with you an exciting (free) opportunity! I’ve been wanting to put a writing course together for years and thinking about it and working on it, then the last while, I started to piece it together! And… now it’s ready! So let me…
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SPoaB Guide
Welcome to the SPoaB Guide! A Free Self-Publishing on a Budget Guide! This guide is laid out in phases from Phase One to Phase Six in the hopes that when it is finished, it will lead authors from start to finish through the Self-Publishing Journey. This is based on what I have learned as I…
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Scrivener and yWriter Explored
A while back I wrote a blog exploring the benefits of yWriter and Scrivener (along with some other writing software). Both these programs are excellent tools for writing. You can check out that blog here. Before we dive in, let me say this first: I love both these programs. I’ve used them both a fair…
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British English or American English??
What kind of soda flavor do you like? I mean, what flavour of pop do you like? I’m sorry, what flavour of fizzy drink is your favourite? This may be a surprise for some people, but English has a decent amount of variety to it in terms of spelling. This is a challenge for an…
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November Book Update
This past month I have been pretty silent on the blogging front. I’ve been focusing in on NaNoWriMo as I’ve written the rough draft of the third book in my series (rough draft finished!) and cleaning up the first book in my series for publishing in April. I’m planning on posting a series soon on…
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Three Questions to Ask Yourself about Your Writing
Writing is often so much fun, but it can also be a lot of work. Anyone who writes knows there are times when it is easy to write and times when it is hard. When it is easy, it is nothing but a joy. Personally, I find writing relaxes me. It allows me to settle…
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Writing for NaNoWriMo!
It’s almost NaNoWriMo time! That sounded better in my head. Now that I say it out loud I… never mind. It makes me think of Mork and Mindy. NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. I know. We have a month for everything or a day for everything. Maybe tomorrow will be National Take a…
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Setting Writing Goals Part II
In the first half of this blog, Setting Writing Goals Part I, we walked through the first three criteria I would recommend for goal setting: achievable, clear and definite. In this post we’ll explore the other two (considerate and satisfying) as well as walk through what this looks like in short and long term goal…
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Setting Writing Goals Part I
One of the challenges a writer faces is the simple matter of getting at it. You intend to write. You want to write. You set out to write. You don’t write. Been there? Perhaps your thoughts are disorganized. For a helpful blog on software to assist you in organizing your writing, check out my blog…
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Five Great Tools to Help Your Writing
Just recently I blogged about some of the really helpful writing software available out there. We explored a few different options but focused in on yWriter and Scrivener. Check out that blog to help you get started with some great, affordable software specifically designed for writers. Looking beyond the writing software, there are some great…