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Voracious writer, author, retired chef, former marketing nerd, and chocolate lover. WRITE ON!
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Okay, okay. Question. Does any other writer out there hit a sluggish wall at around 25,000 words? I want to get this first draft written before October. I know what happens next, but my feet are stuck in mud! HELP! #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 7 hours ago • 5 comments

Creative Brilliance Challenge. CHANGE – ALTERNATE UNIVERSE. Create an alternate universe and place it in the background of your current WIP. How would that alternate reality change the story? The characters? The politics? #Writingcommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

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#Author Survey Question of the Day – What made you want to be a writer? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 8 hours ago • 0 comments

Creative Brilliance Challenge. POV– BEHIND. Imagine standing behind your main character as a scene unfolds. What do you see? Does this shift how you write that scene? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

#Author Survey Question of the Day – Is your main character YOU? Or similar to you? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Creative Brilliance Challenge. POV– OF A SPORTS BROADCASTER. Pick any scene from your book then write is as a sports play-by-play broadcast. Be extreme with this. Feel the scene stretch and alter as you call the plays. 😜 #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 2 days ago • 0 comments

#Author Survey Question of the Day – When your story needs a punch, how do you find the inspiration for the perfect twists and turns? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 2 days ago • 1 comment

#questpit Max Caine, a paramilitary operative with supernatural instincts, accepts a mission to extract a woman from an emotional captivity. A phenomenon that warps time and weather complicates his efforts. Then there’s love. Well, that’s not good. THE HOPE TRIGGER. #Q #T

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Creative Brilliance Challenge. POV– EMOTIONS. Choose a scene from your work in progress and playfully rewrite that scene using ONLY emotion words. What do you discover about the scene? The characters? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

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#Author Survey Question of the Day – How do you get Zen for your writing sessions? Meditate? Soothing tea? Quiet music? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

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Never give up on you dreams. #inspiration #writing #writingcommunity

submitted 6 days ago • 2 comments

#authorsky #writingcommunity #authorlife #writerslife #writeitdown

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

Nailing the opening of your novel: https://buff.ly/431k2kQ #amwriting #novels #writingtips #writingcommunity

submitted 6 days ago • 0 comments

I always seem to write more, and BETTER, when there are snowflakes falling outside my window. Anyone else? I write well in the rain too. The sunshine? Not so much. Good thing I live in Pittsburgh. #Writingcommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 6 days ago • 1 comment

Creative Brilliance Challenge. POV– THE CAT ON THE CHAIR. Imagine a really important scene in your work in progress told completely from the POV of a cat on a chair watching. Have some fun! #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

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#Author Survey Question of the Day – Do you attend writing classes and/or writer conferences? What’s the best thing you ever learned at a class or conference? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

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How to Build Your Author’s Website: Quick, Easy to Understand, Practical Tips #Indieauthor #writingcommunity #amwriting #writersky #author #bookbuzz #AuthorUproar #BookBoost #BooksWorthReading #booklovers #MustRead #writerreality https://buff.ly/432jYBi

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Creative Brilliance Challenge. DIALOG– CREATE A LANGUAGE. Imagine a new character in your WIP that speaks no language known to man. Could be fantasy language, twin-speak, a language so ancient no one can translate. Create that language. #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

#Author Survey Question of the Day – How do you feel about marketing your books? I mean, how do you REALLY feel about marketing? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 7 days ago • 3 comments

Anyone else out there working on an old, once forgotten unfinished manuscript? I'm finding it exhilarating! Especially since I chopped off that horrible first chapter, LOL. #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

Creative Brilliance Challenge. CHANGE – TIME OF DAY. Choose any scene from your current WIP and simply change the time of day. An event in the morning feels very different in the evening. To boost your brilliance, shake things up. #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

#Author Survey Question of the Day –We all feel good when we start writing a book. How do you feel when that project is complete? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 8 days ago • 1 comment

HOLY MOLY! I just had a revelation that will make my new WIP epic! A power shift in the dreaded middle that takes this story from good to really really good! Writing so fast I can hardly stop to correct typos, LOL! #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 9 days ago • 4 comments

Creative Brilliance Challenge. POV– ON A TV SCREEN. Choose a scene from your WIP and imagine that scene taking place on your television screen. In that format, does the scene require adjustments? A voice-over? More or less dialog? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

#Author Survey Question of the Day – Do you compare yourself to other authors? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 9 days ago • 0 comments

#questpit Max Caine, a paramilitary operative with supernatural instincts, accepts a mission to extract a woman from an emotional captivity. A phenomenon that warps time and weather complicates his efforts. Then there’s love. Well, that’s not good. THE HOPE TRIGGER. #Q #T

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Creative Brilliance Challenge. POV– EMOTIONS. Choose a scene from your WIP and playfully rewrite that scene using ONLY emotion words. What do you discover about the scene? The characters? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

#Author Survey Question of the Day – Are you short story writer? Do you write short story collections? #WritingCommunity #books #AuthorLife #amwriting #amquerying

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments