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Just Finish It
Such the Like motivated her with her blog post about what books she is reading. I, too, love to read, at least I think I do. If it’s not fiction I love to start reading. That’s why I read so little...
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Book Review: The Everything Theory
Dianne Gray became my blogger friend four months and three weeks ago now, and we have rallied blogger chit-chat back and forth between our blogs. As I read her blog the other day, I learned about her...
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Comment Competition Ends Midnight Dec. 31, 2012 PST
Autty Jade has taken up the challenge. For months she has led the pack for numbers of comments – and numbers of words, too. Today, her record was broken by Ralph with a total of 55 comments to...
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I Always Prided Myself on Dialogue Until Today
Today I read a post which was an entire chapter of mostly dialogue. I realized suddenly that I couldn’t follow it because there was not enough description to let me know where the characters were, and...
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Project Finished: Girls On Fire by Marsha Lee
I want to thank you for your support and encouragement as I have been writing this fun book. There’s even a little bit of steam left in these gals yet! Synopsis Over the years these friends have been...
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How to Conquer the Mountain of Manuscript Editing
You think you’ve done a great thing when your screen is filled with words and maybe some pictures. As you read each chapter and smile, your accomplishment amazes you. Pity the poor NSA person who has...
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For the Love of Valentine’s Day
Day 44 My Five Hundred Words Challenge. Prompt: It’s Valentine’s Day. Maybe you think this is a manufactured Hallmark holiday, or you might really believe in the magic of love. Romantic love is the big...
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Book Reviews: Peter Abrahams Collection
After I read Steven King’s, On Writing, I thumbed through his suggested reading list at the end of the book. Granted he published his book ten years ago, so these are not the most up-to-date books....
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Easy Changes to Spice Up Dialogue that You Can’t Teach Elementary Students
After retiring from over twenty years in education, I discovered that I’ve been writing dialogue incorrectly. Not only have I been writing it wrong, I taught it wrong. In my defense, I would not WANT...
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Three Easy Tips To Spice Up Dialogue Elementary Students Can Learn
What we don’t teach students – and I did not know to teach – surprised me as I’ve studied how to improve my writing to publish my work. As a teaching consultant, I wrote constantly. As a teacher I...
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