30
Apr
I’d like to thank Ray Bradbury and his book “Zen in the Art of Writing” for giving me the answer to the last day of the challenge. I’d been fretting about this day for the entire challenge and the stinking answer had been right there, literally in front of my face the entire time. How [...]
Tags: A-Z blog challenge, Ray Bradbury, Zen in the art of writing
29
Apr
Ok, so all month you’ve heard about me and my opinions and I’m frankly, I’m amazed that any of you have returned. I am eternally grateful that you have though. Today, frankly, I’m tired, mostly because I have no idea what I’m going to do for the letter Z. So, I want to know about [...]
Tags: A-Z blog challenge, Hugh Jackman
26
Apr
We all have them…valleys. Those low times when we can’t motivate to do what we want to do or have to do. They can happen for a variety of reasons. I get frustrated when I go through them, and sometimes the issue seems to become compounded, especially with writing. I don’t feel like writing, so [...]
Tags: A-Z blog challenge, Depression, valleys, Writing
23
Apr
Trends…they happen in every industry and I’d love to know how. In fashion, one day bell bottoms are all the rage, the next day they’re throwing rapidly decaying fruit matter at you. It doesn’t make sense. Same is true for publishing. For a while vampires are hot, hopefully that will change soon. (No offense to [...]
Tags: A-Z blog challenge, trends, vampires
22
Apr
In this day and age, we all have to use software of some kind for our writing. Be it just plain old MS Word, Dramatica Pro, yWriter, or any other of the special programs developed for writers. Some of these will actually help you develop plot and characters, some will organize notes, etc. Up until [...]
Tags: A-Z blog challenge, dramatica pro, writing software, yWriter
20
Apr
We’ve all wanted to quit something or another in our lives. A sport, school, life itself, but some things, we just can’t. I know a lot of writers out there who have been dumped on, never had anything accepted, but they keep on trucking. They all have different reasons for why they stay. I’ve quit [...]
Tags: A-Z blog challenge, quitting
19
Apr
To prologue or not to prologue, that is the question. There’s some debate on whether prologues are “ok” or not. I honestly don’t mind them, but one of the fears is that people don’t read them, and might miss information that is vital to the story. I am not sure who these people are, the [...]
Tags: A-Z blog challenge, prologues
15
Apr
Music has always been an important part of my life. I played violin throughout middle and high school, I was even THE Fiddler on the Roof when we performed it at our school. In college I worked at the college station, then at a music distribution company and eventually at a few radio stations. So [...]
Tags: A Thousand Years, A-Z blog challenge, music, sting, Writing
13
Apr
We met like many people do these days. On the Internet. As I got to know him, I started thinking more and more about meeting him in person. Before I knew it, I started talking about him to my friends. And every time I thought about him, I’d get all mushy inside, waiting for the [...]
Tags: A-Z blog challenge, E-Books, Kindle
11
Apr
I’m sure this one will be blogged about much today for the ‘I’ challenge. So be it. Everybody finds inspiration in different ways. It’ll be great to see how others describe their ways of finding it. Mine comes in different forms. I’m amazed sometimes when and where inspiration comes from. I always know it when [...]
