OK. I’m crazy. Yes. I am a lunatic. But hey, I can’t help it. I tend to jump right in and do crazy things to support my friends! My dear friend entered this challenge today and I decided I would too, if only to support her. (You can follow her BLOG too!) You can join … More Dee, this is all your Fault.
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!
Are you signed up for NaNoWriMo? Is 50,000 words a bit daunting for you? Or could you use a warmup? If you answered yes to any of the questions above, Check this out! I’m doin it! I will be posting on this blog about my word count, updates and even sneak peeks of the novel! … More Have you heard about NaNoWriMo WarmUp?
– 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!
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.
As anyone who follows me knows, I have been working on a novel (several actually) for quite a while. I am a single mom and, while I have the support of my mother (and occasionally my father) to lean on, we exist in a ridiculously tight budget. This Is why I cry when people tell … More I really needed this today!
JC Morrows 