Writing and Mental Health during Quarantine

Let’s face it, this past month has been nothing short of a constant dream state. There is no way that this has become our reality. And yet, here we are while most of the world is on lockdown. So let me take a moment and ask, how are you doing? As a writer, you’d think…

Finding a Critique Partner

You’re in the middle of writing your story. Or maybe you’re on your second or third draft of your pesky WIP. Now you’re asking yourself what is your story missing. Maybe you’re even asking yourself if you should keep going. That’s where a critique partner comes into the picture.  Finding yourself in a difficult situation…

Writing Acronyms in the Writing Community

You’ve joined the writing community because you’re writing, have written, or want to write. Well, let me welcome you! We have a great community here! Now, you’ve been seeing posts and interacting with people that are using writing acronyms you’ve never seen before.  It can be overwhelming joining a community and not understanding the jargon…

Winter Sledding Adventure – A Writing Prompt Scene

This page may contain affiliate links. Click to read full disclaimer. I only promote products I support. These writing prompts are something that I think I’m going to keep doing for a long time, not even just in 2019. I love the spontaneous prompts and having to think what would really happen by placing characters…

A Thesaurus Collection You’ll Want to Read!

This page may contain affiliate links. Click to read full disclaimer. I only promote products I support. Information is vast. But having a single collection of information makes life much easier. Especially to us writers. That’s where the Emotion Thesaurus Collection by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi comes into play. Inside each collection, a specific…

Top 5 Apps for Writers

Apps are created to make life easier. Or to play games, but we’re professionals here, right?! There are apps for everything and everyone. Even for us, writers! As writers, we want everything in one place because let’s face it, our brains are a flurry of ideas and distractions. With writing apps, we’re able to control…

Creating Scrivener Templates

Finding the perfect format that fits your writing needs is different for every person. No two people are the same, but the templates we’re given are one size fits all. Well, let me tell you, it wasn’t working for me. So when I came across a way to craft my on Scrivener templates, I knew…

Aphrodite and Anchises at the Movies

This page may contain affiliate links. Click to read full disclaimer. I only promote products I support. Mythology is a topic that I love reading about. The different Gods and Goddesses and the myths behind them are fascinating. When the random number generator selected Mythology for this writing prompt, I was so excited to pull…

The Pros and Cons of Scrivener

Finding the perfect medium to write your story is crucial to any author. You want your story to be easy to find, the information easy to follow, and above all, as minimal clutter as possible. Because let’s face it, your workspace is a mess when you’re writing. For the longest time, I rotated between Microsoft…

Blast from the Past: Meet Chester Green

I debated for a long time what I wanted today’s morsel to be. I know I wanted to share more of Split Views to show off some more of my awesome characters, but I wasn’t sure who. Then I came across this passage. It’s one of the first times we get to meet Chester. Now, I’m…