Many months ago, on The Creative Penn blog, I read an interview with a prolific writer who wrote a book practically every month. As part of the interview, Joanna Penn and this author talked about the common practice by some of treating their manuscript like a baby, a creative baby. They agreed that maybe for […]
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I’ve had a great July. I focused on writing the first draft of the next novel in my Dancing through Life Series. The only problem is that in order to do that, I had to neglect other aspects of writing and life. You might say, I’ve been robbing Peter to pay Paul. Now I’m playing […]
Read MoreI admit it. I’m one of those people. I love to plan. One month, one year, five year, ten year plans. I do them all. I love it when a plan comes to together. And when one falls apart, I see it as an opportunity to plan some more. When I originally started to blog […]
Read More“It’s a God thing,” she stated as she shared her success with her book series. I nodded and smiled. After being in ministry all my life, I think I knew a little something about “God things.” However a voice inside of me wanted to scream: “What about me? Why isn’t God rewarding my efforts?” It’s […]
Read MoreIf you are a writer, chances are there are characters, stories, plots and subplots floating around in your head. I know that’s the case for me. There are multiple characters and story lines clamoring in my brain demanding attention. “Pick me! Pick me!” they shout. How can I pick from among them? Right now I […]
Read More“When you write your goal, rewrite it just a little bigger.” Kristen Lamb My writing goals for 2015 were simple and doable: To continue writing, both fiction and non-fiction. To explore audiobooks. To write a Kindle series. To become profitable. I’ve been fairly successful at completing these. I have continued writing. I’ve written and self-published […]
Read MoreThis past weekend, as many of you know, I participated in a writing marathon, or write-a-thon, “Go Green-Go Write!” The venue was wonderful, the press room of Spartan Stadium. They had drinks and snacks a plenty and other food options to purchase. There were a lot of interesting people and the press room has probably […]
Read MoreSix Reasons I Love being a Writer! I can soak in a tub and have it count as work time as I mull over plot, characters and more. I can go for long bike rides as I work on plot ideas, character development and clear my head. I get to sit in McDonalds or coffee […]
Read MoreCheck out Kristen Lamb’s recent blog post on why good girls don’t become best-sellers. Time to unleash your inner bad girl. 🙂 If you aren’t already following her blog, you should be. Good Girls Don’t Become Best-Sellers—Channeling Your Inner “Bad Girl” to Reach Your Dreams
Read MoreCheck out my recent guest post on Reality Check, SheWrites.com: http://www.shewrites.com/profiles/blogs/reality-check-what-if-your-whole-book-is-a-darling-by-patricia Maybe you can relate. If so, I would love to hear from you. And for those following my posts on my Summer Work in Progress – Yes, this is the same book.
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