Insecure Writers Want to Know Happy New Year, dear IWSG friends! I wish you all success in 2023. As for that word that sums up what I need to work …
Insecure Writers Want to Know The power of language. I don’t care for profanity. Never did. Never will. I don’t like reading it, hearing it in movies, or seeing it …
Always good questions to contemplate each month with IWSG. The only book-length manuscript I’ve ever created is my college memoir. I’ve taken a few months before revising and creating …
I hope your 2021 is starting off right, fellow Writers. Let’s all hope for a healthier and safer New Year. And an end to this pandemic! The Wonder of Winter …
What a great question. Every writer needs to pay attention to any story she reads to see if anything is not working or throws the reader out of the story …
It’s probably the time issue, but I feel more productive in my writing in the winter months AFTER the holidays. Having a large family, I’m …
Life is messy. Very messy. Things don’t make sense. Sometimes we can’t figure out why someone does something. As humans, we want reasons for actions. We want order. And we …
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 …
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 …
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 …