When we last joined Moxie Sharpe she was wondering aloud if she had blood on her hand . . . “How doth it smell? It holds the appearance of the sauce of the Turkey Leg.” “I am not going to smell it,” said Moxie wrinkling her nose. “Prithy, how doth it taste?” “I am notContinue reading “The Misadventures of Moxie Sharpe Episode Two”
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Writing a Page Turner: Evoke emotion in your readers
In my continued study of conflict and suspense, I found some great information in Chapter Six of Writing for Emotional Impact by Karl Iglesias. The majority of the book is specific to screenwriting, but chapter six is stuffed full of great information about creating emotional engagement to hold a reader’s attention from beginning to end.Continue reading “Writing a Page Turner: Evoke emotion in your readers”
Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three First Draft Thanks To A Thousand Words A Day
Though I did not write another 1,000 words since I reported yesterday, I did write 570 words to finish up the first draft of my third picture book in the Gator McBumpypants and friends series: Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three. That brings the weekend total to 2,014! By my math, I made itContinue reading “Gator McBumpypants in Dee Dee Makes Three First Draft Thanks To A Thousand Words A Day”
Tips and Tricks: Creating Revision Goals and Preparing For First Readers.
I apologize for my time away. I needed a break and an adventure to fill me up with new energy, so I could return to you with insight. I can finally see an endpoint to my revisions, at least an endpoint that will allow me to send a draft to my carefully chosen first readersContinue reading “Tips and Tricks: Creating Revision Goals and Preparing For First Readers.”
A Change of Scenery: Hiking for Writers
This winter has been wonderfully warm and spring-like in my neck of the woods, so I’ve been going on some fun walks. Thanks to a post by harrybipedhiking, a local blogger, I recently discovered Ravensdale Retreat. This place is an amazing contradiction–A beautiful forest with a little stream that runs through it, packed between aContinue reading “A Change of Scenery: Hiking for Writers”
Revision: A New Year, A NewLook
I finally decided on a new theme. I went with Splendio. I’m still tweaking things, but I hope you find this easier to read and enjoy the new look. Anyone else out there using Splendio have any tips or tricks to make this site look even better? What do you think? Do you like theContinue reading “Revision: A New Year, A NewLook”
Exploring: Kindle Free Downloads – Lots of free books, why not?
Since I’ve been pushing my free kindle download all week, I decided to go explore the free kindle download offerings. I was pleasantly surprised.I now have an eclectic library on my Kindle Cloud Reader. I found children’s picture books. I found books on social media marketing. I found cookbooks. I found an exercise motivation bookContinue reading “Exploring: Kindle Free Downloads – Lots of free books, why not?”
Revision: Adding Videos to Your Blog
You can see why I put this under the revision topic, I’m revising my post of Gator McBumpypants’ first movie. Why didn’t I think of this yesterday? So, how did I do it? It was much easier than I thought. When I clicked on Add Media above my draft’s text box, like I usually doContinue reading “Revision: Adding Videos to Your Blog”
Marketing: A little outside the box.
Since my writing life is completely consumed with promoting Gator McBumpypants Hears a Scary Noise this week, I’m jumping off schedule and continuing to talk about promoting your book. I announced my kindle free days everywhere I could think of yesterday, so how do I keep the internet’s attention today? I stepped away from writingContinue reading “Marketing: A little outside the box.”
Exploring: Guest Posts
As the happy holiday season is now upon us and many writers are wrapped up in NaNoWriMo, time is sucked away in more ways than usual and I’m guessing many blogs will be quite neglected over the next couple months. This made me think about guest posts. Not only looking to do some myself –Continue reading “Exploring: Guest Posts”
Experience Writing 