A Frozen Crimes Blog Hop with Chrys Fey
Writers helping writers. This is how life should be. We should help each other when we can. It is a privilege to help Chrys Fey with her new book launch …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: How are things in your world during this troubling time?
In my little corner of the world in my home, we are well. Thank you, God! I’ve had four writing presentations at area libraries and assisted living homes cancelled so …
Developmental Editors and Beta Readers—the Need for Both #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Revising a manuscript can be a nightmare, or it can be a calm reevaluation of your story. I know, I know. To combine the word calm with writer …