Straight talk from the sisters about blood, sweat and ink
Lovable rouges are not villains, they are fascinating antiheroes. These characters are everywhere, in books, movies and on TV. They are young, old, male and female. And they have wowed us as protagonists, love interests and sidekicks for a long time. A few notable rouges are: Tom Sawyer from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Jack …
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Writers are notorious for setting ambitious new year’s resolutions and goals, then beating themselves up for not achieving them. At least that’s what I’ve done the last few years. The result? Around this time of year I always feel like a failure, despite the things I managed to accomplish. But no more! I’ve come up …
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This is a little something I whipped up for all our writer friends to sing around the tree. Happy Holidays! The 12 Days of Writers’ Christmas On the first day of Christmas, My true muse sent to me An idea with a wicked plot twist. On the second day of Christmas, My true muse …
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We’re taking part in the Deja Vu Blogfest this weekend. This hop is the brainchild of DL Hammons, who also runs Blog Blitz. The rules of this hop are simple, pick a post from the last 12 months and reblog it. This post was originally run in February 2015 as part of 1000 Voices …
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Hello writing sisters and Happy Holidays! Since we are disbanding our normal blogging schedule in a few days and taking some much-needed time off until January 4th 2016, this post serves as our year-end wrap up. First and foremost, we want to say thank you from the bottom of our hearts. We run this blog …
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As a freelance writer, holidays have never been a big deal to me, perhaps because I often work right through them. But this year is different; last month I got a job coaching kids gymnastics on top of my freelance writing career. Oh yeah, and I’m still trying to write a novel during my diminishing …
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Looking for the right gift for the writer in your life? An item that shows them you value and respect their writing as much as they do? Well, we have five uncommon but insanely practical gifts to suggest this season. We know any writer on your gift-giving list would be thrilled to receive one of …
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When it comes to writing for teenagers, the general rule regarding language is this: Don’t use slang in your YA novel. I abide by this rule, yet it’s come to my attention that I may be using slang accidentally! WTF? Let’s back up for a second and state why putting slang in your YA novel …
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Everyone has heard the typical NaNoWriMo advice: Just write your story. Don’t stop! Don’t edit! Even if you know what you’re writing is awful, just keep pushing! This year was my third NaNoWriMo and every year has been a unique process; I’ve made countless mistakes, but I’ve also learned a lot about myself as …
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It’s another Archive Revive because I just got a new writing gig and am super busy! Currently, I’m sifting through feedback from the clients, so this re-post is appropriate… Originally posted on Jan. 20, 2014. Updated Nov. 30, 2015 It’s been so long since I was in school that I can’t even remember if the …
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