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Reading
3 hours ago by Annie Mueller @ writersunbound.com
Read Monday's article on 5 Tips for a Better Writing Week and tweak it to apply to your weekend, especially if you're one of those who works full-time and must squeeze writing into the edges. If you're feeling in a rut or just need a break,...
Tristi Pinkston's Season of Sacrifice ~ Author Interview
10 hours ago by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Hello and welcome to Fiction Scribe, Ms. Pinkston.Let's start with getting to know you a little better. List five things you feel define you as a person.NapsMoviesBooksSpending insane amounts of time on the computer Loving my familyIt sounds like...
Friday Feast
10 hours ago by JM @ writeanyway.com
Thank goodness it's Friday!Phew. Another exhausting week has gone by and I am ever thankful for the weekend. I hope you all wish me luck as I wait to hear if I have an interview with the company I put in an application at yesterday.I hope you all...
The Potions Master: In Depth
11 hours ago by Cindy Crouch @ hogwartsherald.com
This chapter is the first where we really see how much Professor Snape hates Harry. Harry gets a good sense of it by Snape's look at him during the first banquet of the year, but here he gets hit by full force in class. Snape speaks to him with...
The Potions Master: NR
12 hours ago by Cindy Crouch @ hogwartsherald.com
As this chapter opens we find Harry struggling to find his classes while everyone at the school is trying their best to get a gander at him. The poor little guy just trying to get to his classes on time and rather than being helpful everyone's...
How to Become a Prolific Writer, Part 2
Yesterday by Annie Mueller @ writersunbound.com
You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair, the sense that you can never completely put on the page what's in your mind and heart. You can come to the act with your fists clenched and your eyes...
100 Words
Yesterday by JM @ fictionscribe.com
I have decided to take a brief break from Thursday Thirteen this week. Instead I will be taking part in the Velvet Verbosity 100 Words. I’m quite enjoying spending time (even though it is comparatively little) coming up with my 100 words for the...
Thirteen Writing Prompts
Yesterday by JM @ writeanyway.com
Hello and happy Thursday Thirteen everyone!This week’s Thursday Thirteen prompts are going to continue on with prompts, questions, first lines, and other inspiration to help you get writing.If there is another prompt you think would be helpful, be...
Booking Through Thursday - Read the Manual
Yesterday by JM @ thebookstacks.com
Following up last week’s question about reading writing/grammar guides, this week, we’re expanding the question….Scenario: You’ve just bought some complicated gadget home . . . do you read the accompanying documentation? Or not?Do you ever...
If I Had to Make a Top Ten List ...
50 hours ago by Sally Andersen @ genrefiction.net
I throw "my favorite" around a lot. So if I had to sit down a pick my favorite ten fiction books ever, here's how it would play out:1. The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) by Audrey Niffenegger2. The Lovely Bones (2002) by Alice Sebold3. Running with...
How To Become a Prolific Writer, Part 1
51 hours ago by Annie Mueller @ writersunbound.com
A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. - Thomas MannTrivia Library has an interesting little page on the 20 Most Prolific Writers in Literary History. In number one position is Mary Faulkner, who...
Random Word Bank Wednesday
58 hours ago by JM @ writeanyway.com
Hello once again everyone!Welcome to another mid-week random word bank. I rather like random word banks. There is a challenge in them that not only gets your mind working, but you can also end up with a scene that you didn’t know you had it in you...
Five Tips for Growing Your Organic Novel
58 hours ago by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Yesterday I talked about how novels are more organic than solid. Yes, novel writing is taught, but there is no one way to write a novel (or short story). Even in your personal experience, one idea may come to you quietly while some may smack you...
Jean Hackensmith's Checkmate
58 hours ago by JM @ thebookstacks.com
by Jean HackensmithI have been asked by a number of people why I strayed from my normal genre (time travel and historical romance) when I wrote “Checkmate.” Frankly, I was getting burned out on the “same old, same old”. It just wasn’t...
Compare and Contrast: Two Similar Plotlines, Two Different Outcomes
05/13/2008 by Sally Andersen @ genrefiction.net
After her rape and murder in 1973, 14-year-old Susie Salmon ("like the fish") continues to live on as the narrator of her own murder mystery in The Lovely Bones (2002) by Alice Sebold. The unique voice - being both a child and the dead victim -...
How to Build a Successful Freelance Foundation
05/13/2008 by Annie Mueller @ writersunbound.com
"The reason most people never reach their goals is that they don't define them, or ever seriously consider them as believable or achievable. Winners can tell you where they are going, what they plan to do along the way, and who will be sharing the...
Andrew Jalbert on The Tropics and Writing Historical Fiction
05/13/2008 by JM @ thebookstacks.com
I’ve always been a bit smitten by the tropics. As far back as I can remember I wanted to write and be near the ocean. I should expand on that a bit: I wanted to be near, in, or beneath the ocean’s surface. By the time I was in my early thirties,...
The Organic Novel
05/13/2008 by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Novel and short story writing is often taught, but any writer will tell you that there is no one way to write a novel. Some outline, some don’t. Some let the characters lead while others let the world be the dominant force.No matter how you do it,...
Memory
05/13/2008 by JM @ writeanyway.com
Think back…This week we are talking about memory. Memory can be a powerful, wonderful thing, but it can also be easily lost or tainted with.People get either short or long term amnesia and lose their memory. There is a study that says about ten...
HarperCollins's Recent Bestsellers
05/12/2008 by Sally Andersen @ genrefiction.net
Deeming a book a "best" is not an exclusive right of the New York Times. Although the Times are certainly top in the game, and pull from all genres, there are many other great - and fun - resources out there. Some create their own criteria, and...
Make Monday Count: 5 Tips for a Better Writing Week
05/12/2008 by Annie Mueller @ writersunbound.com
First day of the work week: we're all tired from the weekend (ironic, since weekends are supposed to be when we get more rest), and we tend to treat Mondays like a hangover: just live through it. Monday is the make-it-or-break-it day of the week....
Monday Book Game...Marriage - And Winner!
05/12/2008 by JM @ thebookstacks.com
Welcome to this week’s A Book By Any Other Name!Last week when we played I offered a special prize. Well, we didn't get to 32 titles, but I want to give the book away anyway, so I'm happy to announce that Elisa has won the book No One Cares What...
Scribes Blog Carnival
05/12/2008 by JM @ fictionscribe.com
Welcome to the May 12, 2008 edition of Scribes. Once again we have a lot of awesome entries for the carnival.However, I would like to remind everyone that you can submit a total of two entries. If you enter more than that, I'll pick and choose which...
Musical Monday... Memory
05/12/2008 by JM @ writeanyway.com
Hello everyone and welcome back to Write Anyway.This week’s Musical Monday is going up a little late because I have been so BUSY lately. Unbelievable busy, which I suppose serves me right for taking a weekend off to celebrate my first wedding...
Janet Fitch: Paints Hope in a Bleak World for Her Characters
05/11/2008 by Sally Andersen @ genrefiction.net
Where to start? I have so many good books on my shelves that I want to share. How about with the book that I am pages away from finishing in the moment: Janet Fitch's third and most-recent fiction novel Paint It Black (2006), named for the...