What is Your Bus Factor?
In a recent conversation with fellow creative coach and business woman, Quinn MacDonald, she mentioned to me about the bus factor. I said, “The what?” “You know, in case you get hit by a...
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The Inner Critic
In which I reveal my inner dialogue between my Inner Critic and me, the part of me that would like the Inner Critic to STOP yelling. Thank you. My inner critic is SO strong…...
Writing Advice from Stephen J. Cannell
An aspiring writer wants to know if Stephen J. Cannell has any advice for those who want to establish a long-term writing career. If you’ve ever wanted to write a novel or a screenplay,...
Out of the Office: Writer At Work
Written and posted for Day 25 the day after, I’m blatantly cheating on my 31 Day Blog Challenge. I’m a writer. My passion is fiction. This post is real, though fiction is that I...
Writing Advice from John Green (And Notes on Surnameless Tiffany)
Welcome to the Sunday series of writing advice from famous authors as told through video. From the youtube.com page: In which John [Green] gives advice to young, aspiring writers. He also discusses Tiffany with...
Solano Stroll Collaborative Poem
For Writing Prompt Saturdays, today, write a collaborative poem like Lael has … The following poem was written collaboratively by nineteen different visitors to the Write Makes Might/Productive Slumber/Her Jaunty Tune booth run by...
Writing Advice from Meg Cabot (on video)
Welcome to the Sunday series of writing advice from famous authors as told through video. In this 2-minute video, Meg Cabot, of the Princess Diaries fame, reveals how to write a novel: You need a beginning, middle and end. And don’t forget the sitting down and writing part.
Interview Your Author: Writing Prompt
For Writing Prompt Saturdays, today, interview your author… Okay, I’ll explain. One of my favorite activities is journaling where I dialogue between various parts of me, like my editor and my writer, or my...
Brainstorm Your Way to Success
I was looking back in my Writer’s Fun Zone archives and was surprised to see I’ve never written a post on brainstorming. Free writing exercises, yes. Inspiration, yes, but never brainstorming, specifically. Why is that? I assume, perhaps wrongly so, all writers know how to brainstorm. Deeper than that, I have mixed feelings about visual brainstorming…
Happy Birthday Buckyballs! Story Prompt
Science is beautiful. “Interactive Google doodle marks 25 years since discovery of buckminsterfullerene C60, or the buckyball.”
The Writer’s Shadow Side
I am not worthy of this story. I have nothing to say. Why should I bother? No one will read it anyway. I’m a horrible writer. I can’t do this. So what? What is your shadow side saying to you?
Lunch with Katherine Neville
What I love about being a writer is talking about writing, telling crazy stories, and listening to even more wild ones! At the start of the year, I got to do just that — one of the most fun things, for me, a writer can do: I had lunch with one of my favorite authors!
Who Else Wants to Write a Book?
Stuck? Have an idea but not sure how put it down on paper? Looking for a guideline to help build your story? Then this online workshop is for you! Join Beth Barany as she presents 12 clear organized steps to create your novel from beginning to end.
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