10 Quick Tips to Get in the Writing Mood.
Use any or all of these techniques to get yourself back in the writing groove right NOW!
Writing Life
Finding Your AWOL Muse During The Holidays
By Mary Caelsto Life seems to have a way of kicking into high gear at times. Like now. I can’t believe it’s the week of Thanksgiving again (here in the US). Didn’t we just do this? When life moves at hyperspeed, our muse can take a vacation. After all, between holidays, gifts, meals, and caring … [Read more…]
The Ultimate Fiction Critique Checklist
For the final installment on critiques (see Writing Critique Groups for ideas of finding or starting a critique group and Guidelines for Writing Critiques for setting up a group code of conduct) following is The Ultimate Fiction Critique Checklist, plus suggestions for helping you shape your critique to be of maximum benefit for the writer … [Read more…]
Report: Novelists Inc. Conference 2012: Social Media, Agents, Self-Publishing Success
Thanks to the threat of Sandy, I came back from the Novelists Inc. Conference in New York two days earlier than originally planned. Thankfully, this still gave me the chance to see many friends and make a number of new ones. I also was able to attend the first two days of panels and roundtables. … [Read more…]
Are You Prompting Your Muse?
By Mary Caelsto Somehow it isn’t as much fun to spend an hour on the treadmill than it is to sit at our computer and work on an exciting scene in our novel. Sure, sometimes it’s fun to go to the gym. Sometimes the eye candy can prompt more stories. The last time I was … [Read more…]