Flash Fiction – Make It Up and Make It Snappy by Annmarie Miles
To write effective and compelling flash fiction, authors must remember to make it simple and make it snappy.
To write effective and compelling flash fiction, authors must remember to make it simple and make it snappy.
Blogging and writing fiction can occur simultaneously to produce fantastic pieces of literature.
If you are new to blogging, guest blogging might feel a bit daunting, especially if you are still finding your voice on your own blog.
Your blog is not the place for your novel – well not all of it!
One of the things I love about the writing journey that I’m on is that there are so many others on it too, all at different ages and stages.
If you’re stuck for subject matter to blog about, just take a look around and see what’s going on in the world.
One sure fire way to know that there is engagement with your blog is when you start to get likes and comments on it. So how do we encourage folk to respond to our blog posts?
When it comes to blogging, I have learned a few things that I wish I’d when I started. If you’re thinking of starting a blog, or want to be more organised in your blogging, you might find these tips helpful. I may be ‘teaching my grandmother to suck eggs’, but here we go…
If you visit my blogs you’ll find that it’s been a little while since I’ve written for either of them. I’m a firm believer in writing something every day and would not encourage anyone to put their pen down for a few weeks just for the sake of it.
Many authors live in the future, in a time when their stories are written and readers are clamoring for more, or for a time when you have already written and are enjoying the fruits of your labor. I know I fall into this category. LOL
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