Yes, I’m late but I finally got the thing up. OK… It was an honest mistake, I promise. I’m not going to go on too much but I do want to talk about something I tweeted about recently. A friend of mine has discovered something about her #NaNoWriMo story and I congratulate her because it’s … More Yes I know it’s late. But it’s here and that’s what counts.
Have you ever worked up to a midnight deadline? The scramble before midnight is a sight to behold. I found this silly picture of owls some time ago and decided it needed to be NaNoed. I think it’s a pretty accurate depiction but what do you think? At any rate, on to the midnight madness. … More Midnight Madness… NaNoNuts!
Fair warning… 90% of my posts for the next 29 days will be #NaNoWriMo-related. This morning, I forced myself to get up at a “decent” hour, fixed coffee and I even got out of my pajamas. Then I sat down to write. Yes…I have to make myself get out of my comfy PJs. Don’t you? … More 600 words in an hour then 250 in 10 minutes…
A Girl, A Creepy House, A Challenge: Will Fear win out over God’s Love? She’s walked by that house every day since she was ten. The kids in the neighborhood insist it’s haunted or that an old, evil witch lives there. But she accepted a challenge and she never backs down from a challenge. Will … More Sneak Peek at my NaNoWarmUp Story!
It sounds easy doesn’t it? It’s NOT! Just over 2 years ago, I started writing the Andarii Chronicles. I woke up one morning from the most intriguing dream I’ve ever had and I couldn’t wait to tell someone about it. When I did, she said “You should write about that. It would make a great … More YES! That easy… and That Hard!
– You can not write simply to get the ending you “like”. It doesn’t work that way. A writer will be the first one to tell you that they write the story but they don’t always get to dictate where the story goes. A story often has a mind of it’s own and you … More Hard Lessons learned about Writing and Life
Good Morning. I am writing this while I attempt to calm down so please forgive me if it sounds too harsh. I am a writer and I work very hard at it. I want my stories to be engaging and interesting. Anyone can write snappy tabloid garbage but it take real skill to insert innuendo … More A serious miscarriage of literature has occured today!
If you have not read PART 1 of this article, you may want to go do that first. This article is written in three parts and they are meant to be read in order. But you’re welcome to be a rebel and read this part first. Or you can go to the last part and … More Things I have learned about reading, about life, about me Part 2 of 3
Why can’t we just be who God made us! I hear it/see it every day. Someone says it . . . Someone writes an article about it . . . Someone tweets about it . . . Someone blogs about it . . . Writers have to develop a thicker skin. WHY? Is it really … More Could telling writers to “get thicker skin” be responsible for the decline in GREAT writing?
I am still fairly new to social media but I can not help noticing something amiss in the world of blogging. Has anyone else noticed all the “learn to write” articles, courses and advertisements posted every day? Or is it just me? I don’t just mean one a day either. More like twenty new ones … More Writers… real writers, don’t need to learn how to write. We need help editing, rewriting or getting published.
JC Morrows 