When You Don’t Want to Be A Novelist, Turn to Haikus?
carriejonesbooks Since I no longer want to be a writer, I am procrastinating and I remembered something I used to procrastinate with. I was a haiku that made haikus out of…
Marsie’s Monday Motivation
How to Make a Good Book Better – Revision Tips of Awesome – Part Three
So, these past three Mondays, I’ve been giving revision tips to help with people’s stories. And this is the last in the series! I know! I know! The horror! Get…
How to Make Your Good Book Better – Revision Tips of Awesome – Part Two
I am still chugging along trying to get my draft done so that I can get to the fun stuff: No, not drowning my sorrows in Sanka. No, not learning…
As writers, how do we give kids hope?
As I struggle to finish the first draft of my new novel before my April 1 deadline, I can’t stop thinking about hope and suffering and how it relates to…
How to Become Confident (if you want to)
I don’t want to pretend to be someone I’m not. That’s a form of lying to me. I’d rather be honest and raw than polished and fake. I prefer honey…