Changing plans over the weekend means that it’s time to get back to the most important part of being an author, and that’s sitting my butt down and writing this week. My goal this week is to add to my page count for one of my fantasy novels. In previous weeks, I took a deeperContinue reading “Writing Update”
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ReDesigning
I had a plan this weekend to work on my next project of creating a writing journal for writers to share prompts and exercises that I’ve shared over the past year, then my husband decided to he wanted his own space for his YouTube Channel. The room he wanted to change is the last roomContinue reading “ReDesigning”
Location Writing
Movie producers and actors take their stories onset and on location. It’s time for our fantasy filled worlds to take shape by going on location this week at an Irish Castle. Your writing prompt can take place in any kind of castle, even ruins of a castle but the story must take place in Ireland. Continue reading “Location Writing”
Story Telling Day!
Anyone have too many green beers yesterday? My celebration quiet and at home like many other people this year. No parades or festivities in Minnesota. I did see a few TikTokers sharing their dances. Maybe they had a few too many. Another holiday for Minnesotans means we are one step away from shedding another layerContinue reading “Story Telling Day!”
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Today, we are all Seanchai or old story tellers of Ireland as we celebrate March 17th together! Being a story teller of old lore means passing on family traditions and customs. Somewhere in my mom’s family lineage there a deed ownership of a castle, sold before the potato famine and a voyage to the UnitedContinue reading “Happy St. Patrick’s Day!”
Female Writers
This week is supposed to be full of green and four leaf clovers but the storm that dropped feet of snow in Colorado paid us a visit a day later in Minnesota. Temperatures dropped again and the snow fell late into the night. How am I supposed to find my pot of gold with snowContinue reading “Female Writers”
Becoming a Food Writer
Weekends are great for unwinding, exploring, and doing my favorite thing – following other foodies from around the world. This past year changed locations but it didn’t change my love for cooking shows and baking challenges. In my opinion, any writer who can make us drool with words and no pictures is a master ofContinue reading “Becoming a Food Writer”
Character Development
Happy Friday! I hope you were a good student and did your homework yesterday. I spent hours working on my character profiles and flushing out their back stories. More importantly, I spent time on asking why questions. This exercise was inspired by Shaelin at Reedsy or https://youtu.be/PqKxLx3As28. If you didn’t have time, or become aContinue reading “Character Development”
Homework Day
The thought of Spring weather is playing with us in Minnesota. We went from 60 this week to rain showers and then snow flurries overnight. Changing from one season to another means we usually experience all seasons within one week. A change in season for me means an awaited call into the local pharmacy, someoneContinue reading “Homework Day”
American Memories
Walking around in public places these days we are witness to all kinds of things. Sometimes, we encounter lunacy, joy, and ignorance. Being able to go to a social place, like the Mall of America, we meet people from all over the world but there’s always those few who will choose ignorance and hate. ThereContinue reading “American Memories”
Character Sheets
The keys are flying as I pour out all the thoughts I have about my characters, even if I wrote it before. This time there are flashes of colors, scents, and more ambitions. Exercising my own advice, my character sheets are growing. Doing this process over again has shed some blocks and confusion that IContinue reading “Character Sheets”
Character Sunshine
Characters are one shade of light in a dark room. – Daniel Greene Back to the grind. The warm up in the Midwest must be affecting my brain like the rest of Minnesota. Everyone is outside walking their pets. I even saw one person carrying their cat who meowed the whole time but that’s anotherContinue reading “Character Sunshine”
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