Today’s post was written by Rochelle Levy, a writing coach for novelists. She and I connected through twitter because of our common love for reading (and romance novels!). She is a novel writing coach, and I have appreciated a lot of her advice and asked her to put together some thoughts on writer’s block. While this is not a topic I usually cover, she had...
Unfortunately, even after listing 10 great topics that any blogger can use last week, I still didn’t feel motivated today (what? I’m not perfect!). So, I decided to ask for some help from my friends and posted the above status update to facebook and twitter. Thank goodness for great friends, because in just 10 minutes I had the following great ideas! And now, I have...
Sometimes, I can’t get inspired to write. Like today. Writing was just not in the cards and I spent all afternoon working on everything but my blog post. And now, it’s 2:30 in the afternoon, I have tons of work left to do, and I still don’t have any ideas what to write about. But, I figured maybe if I let my fingers start walking,...
Seeing that today is the 10th two-word Tuesday (wow, time flies) I have decided to take a step back and re-evaluate. Sometimes you create something that you think is going to be incredible, and not everyone gets it, or you create something you think will be just okay, and it turns out phenomenal. In this case, I am not sure whether to continue two-word Tuesday...
On Monday, I posed the question: “What makes writing so important“. I was attempting to make the point that writing is a freedom that we are given, and that we often take it for granted, forgetting how we got to where we are. I examined the difficulty that it used to take to get your writing seen, and wondered whether the difficulty made that writing...
Writing. The simple act of putting symbols together to form words, sentences and paragraphs on whatever surface and with whichever tool you have available. Writing is not impressive because of the tool you use or the way that you get the words to paper. The power of writing is in how you combine those words. The power is in what emotions you inspire and what...
Celebrate Today Just tuning in and not sure what it’s all about? Check out the launch of two-word tuesday. ...
Remember Rebus Puzzles from elementary school? They were a great way to get your brain going and your mind creative…and still are! Below are 10 rebus puzzles. Put your answers to all 10 in the comments. Everyone who gets all them right will be entered for a chance to win a free Twitter Background designed by me (or service credit with Wright Creativity of equal value)! I...
Over the last few months, I have received some great comments and questions on my collection of writing tips blog posts. One of the reoccurring question is how I manage to keep my blog, organized and filled with enough material. Well, it isn’t easy, but I will let you in on a few of my secrets: 1. I write a lot of really crappy stuff. If...
