Need some more spam? I have some for you. The spam is in black and my response is in color. I hope you enjoy. Wonderful beat ! I would like to apprentice whilst you amend your web site, how can i subscribe for a weblog website? You can’t. I don’t accept apprentices and I’m not […]
How to Get Ideas for Short Stories
So many ideas! So many plots and characters and situations! We are surrounded by story ideas, but sometimes we need something for short stories. What do we do when it seems that everything we think of is complicated, involved, novel length if not a six book series length? Let me give you some suggestions on […]
Tips for Getting Out of a Reading Slump
Reading slumps. They aren’t any fun. Especially if you usually enjoy reading. So how do you get out of a reading slump? I’m sure there are many ways, but here are some ideas that might help you. First things first. Reading slumps can come from a number of different reasons. The first thing to do […]
How Do I Outline?
If you have been reading my posts for a while you might wonder if this is going to be a very short post. I’m a pantser. I rarely know where my stories are going when I start them. So, if I write “by the seat of my pants” how in the world do I outline? […]
Follow the Idea – Triple Creek Ranch
Some people have asked me if my stories ever evolve into something different than I was expecting. Or if my stories ever change as I’m writing them. Sometimes they do slightly, other times quite a bit. Did you want to see what the changes for one story look like? I bring you the Triple Creek […]
Things I Learned from Writing 60k
I wrote 60k words in one month. That was in March. I’ve never written that much in a month before and didn’t really think I could ever do it. I mean, that’s practically writing an entire novel in a month! That’s just crazy! But I did it. And I learned some things. {1}That’s a LOT […]
5th Tuesday – Pet Peeves Part 2
There are some things that irritate me a little when I read. And there are some things that bug me a bit. And there are other things that drive me crazy and might mean I rant to someone about them even if I liked the rest of the book. So this year I’m going to […]
The Birthday Book Tag
Yesterday was my birthday. I wanted to do something fun, like a tag! I found this one on Kate Willis’s delightful blog, and since it looked fun, I decided I’d grab it.. Count your birthday along your bookshelf and then subtract your birth month. Which shelf shall I do it on? I could do it […]
Writing Update
Writing. A lot of that happened last month. Actually, I wrote about 3 months worth of words just last month. Yep, I was able to get 60,000 words written in March. That’s about as many words as are in a Triple Creek Ranch book! But no, I didn’t write them all on the same thing. […]
Tips for Reading when Life is Busy
You have stacks of books to read. Library books. TBR books that never seem to go away. There are beta books, ARC copies to read and review, and yet . . . Life is busy! So busy! How do you find time to read too? Today I’d like to share some tips about finding time […]
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 5
- 6
- 7
- 8
- 9
- …
- 74
- Next Page »