I wrote this post for a guest spot on my friend and colleague H.M. Jones’ blog several months ago. And now it comes home. 🙂 You know how some words are so similar in spelling and/or pronunciation that you almost can’t help but get them confused on a regular basis? You sigh or mutter and reach for the dictionary…AGAIN…because you… Read More
Guest Post: 3 Social Media Myths Debunked by @BadRedheadMedia
Today, my lovely friend, talented social media maven Rachel Thompson of BadRedheadMedia fame, joins us to debunk some popular social media myths. Take it away, Rachel! 🙂 I think you’ll agree with me when I say there’s a lot of false information out there about social media. It can be overwhelming for authors to know what’s true and what’s not…. Read More
Guest Post: Five Ways to Bust Your Way Through Writer’s Block by C. Streetlights
Please welcome my good friend, the talented C. Streetlights, author of two memoirs, Tea and Madness, and the newly released Black Sheep, Rising, who joins us to explain how to get through that horrible virus known as “writer’s block.” When you know that an unknown audience will potentially read your writing, inspiration can suddenly shut down. I only have… Read More
Guest Post: How to Build a Whole New World by H.M. Jones
Today the ultra-talented H.M. Jones, author of the dark fantasy MONOCHROME, joins us with some insight into world building and some advice from fellow author Tamora Pierce. One of the most asked questions I get from both readers and fellow writers is about world building. Readers love to hate the world of Monochrome (my dark fantasy), and that truly fills… Read More
Guest Post: Confessions of an Adverb Hater and Reasons to Avoid Them by Lindsay Fischer
Unpopular opinion? I hate adverbs. The girl I used to teach next to, back in the day, had a sign in her classroom that read: “Said is dead.” While I don’t disagree there are other ways to indicate someone is speaking, I think “said” gets the job done. To be honest, my biggest issue with the classroom poster was how… Read More