The Writer’s Wheel 7/12/2020: Does How You Age Affect Your Writing? Loleta Abi There are those who feel that aging affects your writing. Or is it more likely, the way you age affects your writing. Does the quality of your health play a part on what you’re able to do? Or do you think that […]
Originally posted on Rosie Amber:
Beauty and the Brooding Lord by Sarah Mallory 4 stars Beauty And The Brooding Lord is a Regency romance. Serena is fast approaching spinsterhood unless she can find a husband. However, she doesn’t want to marry someone stable and conventional; she is drawn to men of rakish behaviour, although she…
Three Links 7/10/2020 Loleta Abi Writing: 1. https://jamigold.com/2020/07/organization-for-our-creativity-and-our-career/ “You wouldn’t know it by looking at my desk, but I have a natural organizational system. That system is called organized disorganization. *grin* Everything looksdisorganized, but I can find what I need…most of the time. Wherever I am, I tend to accumulate piles of “things” I need to deal […]
Nothing this week. My Adobe Digital Editions which I used for Netgalley will no longer work with Windows 10. A lot of people have experienced this issue. I’ve tried support to no avail. I will have to concentrate on the future with books I buy, arcs I’m asked to read, and my Kindle offerings. I […]
I recently read a blog with a firm stance on how to deal with body parts. I don’t entirely agree. I don’t have trouble with figures of speech, and if I’m reading that a character ‘flew down the block to John’s house’ I don’t see her mid-air. If someone writes “a lump of ice settled […]
The Writer’s Wheel 7/5/2020: How to Get Back into Your Writing After an Absence Loleta Abi For some of us, it’s been months since we glanced at our WIP. Not that we meant to abandon it, it’s just that life’s circumstances took us away. Some of us might not even come back. That’s okay. If […]
Originally posted on France & Vincent:
? * …The drink has stirred up my emotions and memories of the trip flick through my mind in no particular order but return, time and again, to Cardwell… * Its waterfall and rock-pool. The water, black as death. The surrounding rock formation – a she-bear and her cub.…
Three Links 7/3/2020 Loleta Abi Writing: 1. https://www.septembercfawkes.com/2020/03/breaking-writing-rules-right-write.html “Over the years, I’ve done a lot of posts on dialogue, in part because when I went searching for a deeper understanding on the topic, I didn’t find a lot of material. One of the recurring things I did find though, was about writing indirect dialogue. And this is absolutely one […]
Frank shares an amazing example of a Haibun written as a memoir of his experience at Gertrude’s Nose, on the Minnewaska Preserve. This just goes to show you the versatility of this form. Here are a few tips (a sneak peek) of what you will find in my new book, Word Craft – Prose &… […]
