Imposter Syndrome in Fiction or Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Imposter Syndrome. Is it real or not? I’d love to hear your take on this topic. However, for this #AuthorToolboxBlogHop post, I’d like to focus on making it real for …
Packing Up Memories
House moving. Downsizing. How do you pack up 36 years of memories? They drape all our walls with paintings, photographs, and tapestries. Cram every …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: If you could choose one author to be your beta partner, who would it be? Why?
First, I’d like to thank you, my fellow Insecure Writers, for your patience while we moved. In that short space of time, we moved …
Let the Story Unfold #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Writers should not unload all the information about their characters in one place in their stories. Readers do not want to see a who’s who bio for every character …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: Writers have secrets. Share one or two of your own. Something readers would never know from your work.
Oooo, secrets! Let me think. Something readers would never know from my work. I don’t know if this counts as a secret, but I’m afraid of edges. As in falling …
How to Pack Lightly When Backpacking: From the Annals of the Appalachian Trail Hikers
We made the mistake of packing too heavily the first few times we backpacked the Appalachian Trail here on the East Coast of the United States. My son and one …
Tell Me a Story: The Voice of Narrators in Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
When writing gurus talk about voice in a story, they are referring to the narrator’s voice, the protagonist’s voice, the person telling the story. And many times this has a …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: Do You Have Any Rituals to Help You Get into the Writing Zone?
Rituals to help me get into the writing zone? I don’t know if these are rituals, per se. But chocolate and a fresh hot pot of tea go a long …
The Billy Goats and the Sheep: Lees Adventures on the Long Trail in Vermont
Time for a story. We’ve been hiking with the children for years. And they’ve said they enjoyed it or at least put up with it for our sake. But …
How to Get the Reader to Care About Your Protagonist #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Getting the reader to care about your protagonist is important to the success of your novel or memoir. Yes, the action of the story is important, but if the reader …