Did you notice I started this page on the first of the month? It has been a while since I’ve been able to start at day one because of my traveling, vandwelling, and general disorganization during #vanlife. I’m still sleeping in my van, but I’ve got a place to park it now.
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Seven Steps for Developing an Effective Creative Process
Here are seven steps that will help creativity seekers along on the path to increased skill development and productivity.
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Lina – A Flash Fiction Short Story
Lina – the story of a 14-year-old girl living in the foothills of the Himalayas around the year 1300. She’s escaping a bad situation.
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Let the Words Flow
It is easy to be a writer – that’s what some people think. They say, “Oh, you’re lucky. All you have to do is write. And you make millions.”
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Writing a Novel
I wrote this article in December 2004 for Happy Camp News. It is about how I got started writing novels.
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Ten Tips for New Writers
Ten tips for new writers of any genre…
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Songwriting Basics
A few basic songwriting issues and considerations, with emphasis on how songwriting is inspired, and how to connect to the listener’s heart.
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Plotting a Novel Through Character Development
A novel plot must have an intriguing beginning, a complex interior, and a satisfying finale, all this based on the inner development of a main character we can love and care deeply about — otherwise, why would anyone continue to read? [Read more…]
Online Writing Critique Groups – How to Start One
Every serious writer benefits from being in a writers’ critique group. It is not hard to create online writing critique groups. For me, they have been more effective for editing help, than groups that meet face-to-face.
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The Newbery Project
I’m a participant in The Newbery Project, a group collaboration blog with reviews by people who have agreed to read and review Newbery Medal winning books. The Newbery Medal is awarded annually by the American Library Association (ALA) for the most distinguished contribution to children’s literature in the USA, the prior year.
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Fictions and Truths – Writing Assignment
I’ve never taken a class in fiction writing before. I’ve been wanting to, for a long time. Today I enrolled at FutureLearn.com in a free class – “Start Writing Fiction.”
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Gearing Up For Lens-Hub Editing at HubPages
A few weeks ago I opened up my Squidoo dashboard to see a message telling me the “Big News” … that HubPages was aquiring “key content” from Squidoo, and that my beloved writing site, Squidoo, was going out of business.
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