Holy Moly, it’s the first Friday of November. For you NaNoWriMo-ers out there, you can’t go to bed tonight unless your word count is 6,668. So if you don’t hit all of these links today, I’ll understand 🙂 But for the rest of you out here, it’s time again for Five Links Friday! 1. In […]
Make Some Writer Friends
Like a lot of writers, I tend to avoid talking about my own writing to non-writers. It’s not that I try to hide it–that would be impossible, especially since it’s become such an important part of who I am–but I just don’t usually feel like talking about a hobby to people that don’t share the […]
9 Truths About Writing for Writers and Non-Writers
Do you ever feel like nobody outside of your “writer friends” circle really understands you? As far as the struggles you go through working on that next revision, or simply dealing with the craziness of real life while trying to finish your first draft. While those topics are a little more glandular than what I […]
Five Links Friday 8/5/16
Whoa, the weekend is almost here. I had a super-duper productive writing week, and I hope you did too. And if not, that’s okay. You’ve got a few more days to catch up. But first, take a break and check out Five Links Friday for some inspiration! 1. I think it’s safe to say that […]
Five Links Friday 6/3/16
It’s the first Friday in June! Summer is here! If you like summer, yay! If you don’t, I can relate… Here are five links for ya either way. 1. Seriously, you can’t be a writer if you’re not a reader. But even if you’re not a writer, you should be reading. Here are 10 Benefits […]
Five Links Friday 3/25/16
It’s the final Friday of the crazy month of March. Hope yours was as great as mine. Here are five links to get you through the weekend! 1. Let’s start with a post on What Writing Success Requires by author John Ellsworth. 2. Did you know that writers can be happy? Here’s a great post […]
Find Inspiration, Not Envy
I’ll never forget the first time I was at a convention sitting in the audience listening to a panel of authors answering questions. As this was during the height of the Twilight craze, one of the panelists mentioned Stephenie Meyer, almost in passing. I kid you not, when I claim that I heard no less […]
Five Links Friday 1/22/16
I just found out that both Meat Loaf and Blue Oyster Cult are doing shows in Nebraska in 2016. What an awesome way to start the year 🙂 Onto 5 links… 1. Sometimes it seems like the only what to make it writing is to quit the day job. But how many of us are […]