Flawed Characters in Memoir #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Yes, even in memoir, the protagonist needs to be flawed. Flawed in her understanding, her logic, and her actions. Other characters may be flawed as well. This can be difficult …
Memoir Made Easy: What to Remember When Starting Out #AuthorToolboxBlogHop
Hello and welcome, everyone, to Adventures in Writing and my first Author Toolbox Blog Hop post. Please allow me to introduce myself. My name is Victoria Marie Lees and I …
Insecure Writer’s Support Group asks: What writing rule do you wish you’d never heard?
Memoir must be told in story with all the story elements in place. But of course, everything must be true. And that’s why …
Insecure Writer’s Support Group asks: In terms of your writing career, where do you see yourself five years from now, and what’s your plan to get there?
If God is with me, this confounded memoir will be published and successful. To that end, I must trudge on with a redraft of my adventures in college showing why …
Insecure Writer’s Support Group: What is your favorite aspect of being a writer?
For me, I like creating new adventures to explore in my YA short stories. I like finding ways to get my kids—in the stories, in the stories!—into trouble. Of course, …
Insecure Writers Want to Know: When do you know your story is ready?
That’s a question every writer deals with constantly. Okay, okay. Maybe it’s just me. I confess. I’m a fusser and worrywart. I write YA …
Finding Time to Write: Look for Sanctuary at the Library
How do you find the time to write in your busy day? It’s called getting away from the house and children when I can. I …
An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Post: Where is the Very First Piece of Writing I Wrote?
Okay, so I may not remember if this was the very first piece of creative writing I wrote as an adult, but it was toward the beginning of my “writing …
An Insecure Writer’s Support Group Post: Writers helping Writers
Hello and welcome everyone to my first Insecure Writer’s Support Group post. The topic this month is: What’s the best thing someone has ever said about your writing? For me, …
A Life in Reflection: Memoir and Revision
Hello, HarperCollins? Are you there? …I guess not. Reflection in Memoir is crucial. Time to rise from my knees, add reflection to my life, …