What’s the worst pain you’ve ever felt? And how would you describe it? It can be tricky, which is why I’m blogging about How to Describe Pain in Writing! Describing physical pain is a challenge that most writers face at one time or another. A character might have a headache, give birth, or get injured in an accident or a
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It’s been a few years since I did a list of romance novel publishers, so here’s an updated one for 2021! In my experience, researching romance novel publishing houses can take a very long time…time that could be better spent on editing your novel or starting a new one, am I right? (By the way, you might want to get
Hi friends! A while back, after I did a post of story ideas for kids , I got requests for essay topics for kids. I thought it was a little out of my wheelhouse, though, since I’ve never taught children. But then I thought, wait a minute…I’m married to someone who used to teach middle school English! So I invited
Hi friends! Welcome to the first WIP Wednesday of 2021! For the uninitiated, WIP Wednesday happens on the first Wednesday of every month. I share a snippet of a work in progress and I invite you to do the same in the comments. It’s fine if it’s rough…that’s the “in progress” part, and I’m always sharing bits of first drafts,
For a while now, people have been asking me to do story ideas for kids. This year, more busy teachers and homeschoolers are looking for easy creative writing lesson plans, and some of them have used my summer writing prompts and my Christmas writing prompts . So I put together this list of writing prompts for kids. They include some
Hey there! I hope everyone’s having a good week and staying as safe as you possibly can. It’s WIP Wednesday, so when I got up this morning, I started writing a scene that I’m really looking forward to finishing after work tonight. And I know some of you did a lot of writing as you participated in NaNoWriMo, so maybe
Hey friends! I’ve been getting into Christmas shopping, and I’ve also been making my own wish list at Mr. Donovan’s request. That all got me thinking about gifts for authors, and I figured a “Best Gifts for Writers” list would be fun! I’m going to keep everything on this list under $25, because some of the best gifts for writers