A problem a great many writers/authors face is how to maintain consistency with their social media presence versus writing time. We are encouraged (read expected) to have a platform and engage our readers on a constant basis. So how can the majority of us do that?...
I found a holiday project to do in the week between Christmas and New Year. A small model of a library (although the label says Sam's Study). I, of course, opened it when it arrived with excitement, but this was short lived when I realized each component - shelves,...
As we enter the last week of NaNoWriMo, I thought I would share my experience of the challenge and share some tips. National Novel Writing month is a crazy experience, whether it is your first attempt or one of many. We all tend to become rather manic as we write to...
You have experienced a multitude of jobs – have these experiences given you insights for the characters in your stories, within your book Rage and other writing? Yes and no. Yes in that I have based characters on past jobs for some of my writing. For example, two...
We all want the time and space to write more. Life gets in the way a lot of the time, but if you make some 'writing' time within our normal life, it can be done. Firstly, it seems obvious but set a goal for your writing session. Do you know what your objective is? Are...
For those of you with school age children/grandchildren - are you celebrating having the house to yourself after the summer holiday/vacation? Do you plunge right back into your current manuscript or have some downtime to refresh? Last week's question: Do you...
Writing: Well my creative writing took a backseat yet again but I did manage the update my ghost writing project and completed my conference presentation so feel pleased there are both completed. I am co-hosting the senior residence writing group on Thursday so can...
Writing: I am pleased to announce I completed the two beta-read & editing assignments given to me and both authors were happy with the feedback. One will require me to re-read once certain details are confirmed for legal consistency and correctness. Another...
This post was created due to the fact I was worrying about what to write for today's post while perusing my Facebook and finally noticing two hours had 'disappeared' - without me really understanding where that time went! As this study shows it is not an uncommon...