Holly Lisle is the best investment I ever made in my writing. It was one of the best confidence boosters I ever had. It changed my perception and approach to writing for the better. The 3 Week Flash Fiction course is totally Free, there is no catch, and its lots of fun. There is satisfaction in completing a story or stories when they
Available Amazon My guest today is mystery author Yolanda Renee with her prequel to her Detective Quaid mystery series. You can find information about the other three books in the series below this post. The Snowman by Yolanda Renee I asked Yolanda,” Where do your ideas for this type of writing come from,
Originally appeared on author Christine Rains blog. What makes a good flash fiction piece? To answer that question, we need to understand what flash fiction is about. It is a short story under 1000 words, generally right at or around 500 words. Flash fiction is the length of one short scene with emotional IMPACT using shocks, twists, irony, OR
Poseidon Pixaby.com I wrote this first in 3rd person and decided to rewrite in 1st person. It changed a bit doing that. This will probably get another rewrite, but here it is for the hop. It really was meant for a bigger story, but my character insisted I tell his story, so to make him hush his prattle in
PIRATE ISLAND by Katie L. Carroll (katielcarroll.com) Cover Illustration by Susan Tait Porcaro (susantaitporcaro.com) Coming October 2017! A thrice cursed island, a legendary pirate treasure, and one not-so-brave boy. What could possible go wrong? For centuries, the whereabouts of Captain William Kidd’s lost pirate treasure has remained a mystery. When Billy’s best friend, Andy, proposes they look for it on
PREQUEL to Mâtowak Woman Who Cries COMING APRIL 18TH, 2017 A WRITER’S JOURNEY: JOYLENE NOWELL BUTLER Today I welcome Joylene Nowell Butler to my Author Spotlight. I’ve known Joylene for a while now. She is part of the admin of our IWSG-Insecure Writer’s Support Group. She appeared in my Spotlight the first time August 2, 2014, and again last
Today I am featuring a guest post by New Adult, Young Adult and Children’s author Ronel Janse van Vuuren from South Africa. I met Ronel through Insecure Writer’s Support Group while visiting her blog. I enjoyed it so much I started following her. She posted her book Genre Jardon on her site. A thoughtful and researched topic that I
