Finding My Own “Why?” by Carol Malone
This month, I’m writing about my trial and error in determining my own “Why.” This is one of the toughest mental experiences of my life – identifying “Why” I do what I do.
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10 Power Techniques for Starting Your Scenes
I’m excited to announce an upcoming free live webinar with award-winning author and writing teacher, Bonnie Johnston, about scenes and specifically scene openings. Scenes are the building blocks of story; and if you can...
We are all a work in progress by Beth Barany
I am a WIP. You are too. We novelists use “WIP” to mean “Work in progress.”
An Expensive VA Mistake by Chloe Adler
I made a recent VA mistake that I need to share so that you don’t make the same one.
Writers, Awaken The Goddess Within, Step Into Your Power & Live Your True Calling!
I’ll be a part of an upcoming summit “Fabulous After Forty! Awaken The Goddess Within, Step Into Your Power & Live Your True Calling!” Here are the details! *** What do you REALLY want?...
If you want a career as a novelist, you are creating a business by Beth Barany
Hello Writers! It’s true! If you want to make a career as a novelist, you are creating a business. Well, you don’t have to wonder what that means as an artist… My friend and...
Boost Pacing with Characters’ Choices by Kay Keppler
Probably most of you remember all the big decisions you made, decisions that affected the course of your life.
What is GDPR and How Does it Affect Authors?
You may have heard of the new European Union law, GDPR (GENERAL DATA PROTECTION REGULATION), coming into effect May 25, 2018. If not, you do need to pay attention if you have (or want)...
10 Ways to Inspire Your Fiction by Beth Barany
Hi Creative Writers, Here are 10 ways to inspire your fiction, when you’re stuck or when you want to start a writing day. In no particular order: Listen to music on shuffle (I used...
2 Steps to Your Writer’s Stance by Beth Barany
In this article I’ll share what is writer’s stance, why it’s important, and how to uncover your writer’s stance, and how it can help you write.
Deadlines Revisited by Nevada McPherson
In the last few weeks I’ve been working on completing some projects to clear the decks for new ones I’m about to start.
Q&A with Rahima Warren
Please welcome guest columnist Rahima Warren, to our Featured Q&A series at Writer’s Fun Zone.
Editing Flashbacks with Creativity Coach for Novelists Beth Barany
While teaching our Edit Your Novel Intensive, I received a great question from a student. She wanted an example of how to fix a flashback. So I put out the call to my current...
Double Vision: Vision Boards and Travel by Catharine Bramkamp
I have made vision boards on and off for years. Sometimes the vision doesn’t vary much and I carry over from one year to the next – same postcard of London, same magazine cut out of the lilac fields in Provence.
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