Every writer gets them. Experience, style, and readership are no barriers to them. Eventually all writers will have to deal with a review of their writing that is harsh. It’s like a punch in the stomach or watching your cat … Continue reading
Category Archives: Thoughts
Simple Words Say More
My husband recalls two occasions on which I came home to exclaim, “The library is out of books. I have read them all.” It sounds absurd, but I assure you that the statement (on both occasions in different cities) was … Continue reading
Idea Lake
Last week I published a blog about ideas entitled “Thinking Inside the Box”. Here’s a guest post from Alphya Cing as a follow-up. People often ask writers and other folks who come up with ideas just where those ideas came … Continue reading
No More Spam!
Recently I’ve had to redo the blog due to being hacked. Since I’ve revamped I’ve been re-posting old posts to get them back in circulation. This has led to a huge jump in comments on the blog posts. Then I … Continue reading
Back From The Hack
For those who missed us this week we were hacked. Yep even the little guys get hacked, as we discovered when Hmei7 decided that it would be funny to hack us. (This is the same guy from Indonesia who hacks … Continue reading
Finding Time To Be Social
I decided recently to see just how much time I was spending each day being social. To my surprise it added up to about 3 hours. That isn’t 3 hours straight through. Rather it is a few minutes here and … Continue reading
Work For Yourself
Did you ever have one of those days where you wished you didn’t have to go out in the rain? Or found work was getting too predictable? I did and I decided to do something about it. Why work for … Continue reading
Don’t!
That’s it. I’ve had enough. I am sick and tired of reading blogs where the advice is all “don’t”. “Don’t do this.” “Don’t do that.” “Don’t self-promote on Twitter.” “‘Don’t start a story with a weather report.” “If you don’t … Continue reading →