WRITING, READING AND REFLECTIONS I recently joined a LinkedIn writer’s discussion group. One of the question and discussion is below, my answer only. In answering this question, I discovered something about myself. My personality, my outlook, and my approach to life has been greatly influenced by everything I read. The greatest influence, my mother, who taught me to
Have you ever wanted to write a novel? Are you a closet writer? Do you write, but feel like it is a very lonely past time? If so, you may enjoy NaNoWriMo. It occurs three times a year. The National Writing month is officially in November. WHAT IS NANOWRIMO? NaNoWriMo is a fun creative writing forum to encourage writers
Subscribe to my Newsletter Writer’s Gambit @ HERE The month of April is full of writing challenges for the industrious writer. April 1st was the first day of NaNoWriMo Camp. Set your own word challenge limit for April’s novel. Then there is the Blogging from A-Z Challenge in April. The challenge is to a blog the entire month using a
Trickster Characters Why We Love Them Subscribe to my Newsletter Writer’s Gambit @ HERE I love trickster characters, despite their many faults. Maybe the flaws are the reason. It can be like standing back, and watching yourself sometimes. What is a trickster character? He can be the sidekick, the devil’s advocate, the villain. He can be the unintentional hero, or
Subscribe to my Newsletter Writer’s Gambit @ HERE Dear Reader, This is my story of my writing woes, I mean, writing joys; no actually, it is a letter to you. I have hit road bumps; or rather, I have hit character bumps. My story started out as flash fiction, but refused to stay within my word limits, even though I
CLICK ON ABOVE TOP MENU UNDER ” SUNDAY BLOG” TO SEE THE MOST RECENT —>IWSG POST********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** MARCH 5, 2014 This is my first post with IWSG. It’s a place where writers give each other support and encouragement. Posting day is the first Wednesday of each month at Alex J. Cavanaugh Insecure Writer’s Support Group. Go to this
I just like to take this time to tell you about a friend,who just released a new book and Blog Tour January 30, 2014, Katharina Gerlach. Her tour will appear on my blog February 12, 2014. But, you don’t have to wait till then to learn about her, or her new book. It’s also available for purchase, or you can win
