An Aussie Christian who enjoys reading, getting out in nature and likes to write.
Hi everyone, welcome to this week’s writerly update. It’s been a short story week for me this week. On Monday I got inspired to write a fantasy short story and sat down and wrote 14 A4 pages by hand. I’m really getting into this writing by hand thing. I wrote more of it on Tuesday … More A Writerly Update 31.
Hi Everyone, I haven’t written as much as I’ve wanted lately. The first half of the week I hardly wrote, I don’t even know what happened, I think it was just bad time management. I did post a short story on the blog though, which I haven’t done in forever. YA Book Lover, is a … More A Writerly Update 30.
Megan came out of the book store with four books tucked under her arm and an empty wallet. She shouldn’t really have bought the last one. Okay, she really shouldn’t have bought more than one, but she couldn’t help it, there were just too many good books. Why did they always have to come out … More YA Book Lover: A Short Story.
I subscribe to the Nelson Literary Agency newsletter. In the recent newletter I received, Kristin Nelson shared the top culprits for why an agent stops reading a submission. Kristin says if you say yes to any of the following questions it’s time for a revision! 1) Does your opening chapter begin with action, but then … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Top Reasons Agents Stop Reading Submissions.
Synopsis from Goodreads: Full of both inspirational and practical advice, Writing Children’s Fiction: A Writers’ and Artists’ Companion is an essential guide to writing for some of the most difficult and demanding readers of all: children and young people. Part 1 explores the nature, history and challenges of children’s literature, and the amazing variety of … More Review: Writing Children’s Fiction By Yvonne Coppard and Linda Newberry.
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” ― Sylvia Plath. Writing is a roller coaster ride to say the least. We all have our ups and downs, days when we feel on top of the writing world, and days when we feel like we’re at the bottom. One day we can be confident in our … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Dealing With Doubt.
Hi Everyone! I have survived another week of the school holidays and am happy to report I was more productive this week. The kids go back to school on Tuesday! *Happy dances* It will be so nice to get back into my regular routine again. I’ve mainly been writing at night. I don’t like doing … More A Writerly Update 29.
My apologies for getting this up so late, I intended to get it up on time but my hectic week caught up to me and I feel asleep extremely early last night. But better late than never, right? For today’s writing tip I would like to direct you over to Writer Unboxed, to a letter … More (A late) Writing Tip Wednesday: To The Soon To Be Published Author.
Hi Everyone, Happy Easter 🙂 This writerly update is going to be short. With the school holidays and Easter, I only managed to write on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. I haven’t had this many non writing days in one week in a while. I’ve been so busy though that I haven’t had time to … More A Writerly Update 28.
I was reading a very interesting post by author David James Poissant earlier in the this week explaining how to make submitting your superpower. Poissant was referring to short stories in the article but it could also refer to submitting novels. He says there are many tools in the writers belt, and one of the … More Writing Tip Wednesday: Be Relentless.
Rochelle L. Sharpe 