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Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t – My Review

Posted on June 17, 2016August 29, 2019Leave a comment

Really? Nobody? Ouch. But it’s true. So the point is: Don’t write sh*t.  In Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, Steven Pressfield describes his journey as a writer and what he learned along the way about creating a strong story. Read More …

Tagsbooks on writing, Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t, Steven Pressfield

3 Writing Quotes from Ursula K. LeGuin

Posted on February 10, 2014August 29, 2019Leave a comment

1.  …life and commas “The poet Carolyn Kizer said to me recently, ‘Poets are interested mostly in death and commas,’ and I agreed. Now I add: Prose writers are interested mostly in life and commas.” (Ursula K. LeGuin, Steering the Read More …

Tagsmetaphors, repetition in prose, similes, Steering the Craft. commas, Ursula K. Le Guin

Fave 3 – Quotes on Writing and Inspiration

Posted on November 28, 2012August 29, 2019Leave a comment

Writer Quotes  – Fave 3 this week 7 Great American Writers on Writing   A fantastic post with great author photos and comments. It’s a quick  read to gobble up with your coffee. 25 Great Quotes to Inspire and Brighten Your Read More …

6 Lessons I Learned from the RWA

Posted on July 16, 2012August 29, 2019Leave a comment

I joined the RWA (Romance Writers of America) a year ago, and if I had to compress my experience into one phrase or face vampires, or some other gruesome variety of death it would be: I fell through a portal Read More …

TagsBonnie Edwards, books on writing, character, Lee Mackenzie, plot development, Romantic-Suspense, writing

Stephen King's Basement

Posted on January 30, 2012August 29, 2019Leave a comment

Dover Castle, Kent Stephen King talks about  inspiration: There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter creative fairy-dust …He lives in the ground. He’s a basement guy. You have to Read More …

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Stephen King’s Basement

Posted on January 30, 2012August 29, 20198 Comments

Dover Castle, Kent Stephen King talks about  inspiration: There is a muse, but he’s not going to come fluttering down into your writing room and scatter creative fairy-dust …He lives in the ground. He’s a basement guy. You have to Read More …

Tagsbooks on writing, muse, Stephen King, subconcious

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