Available Now! This handsome journal/handbook was created especially for men who want to write.
‘Real Men Work Out…on Paper’
The spirited journal/handbook, intended specifically for men and your creative writing, offers over 275 lined, blank pages. Each section has instruction on ‘where to begin’, storytelling, how to write a play, and developing rich characters. Nestled in the margins of each page are more tips about writing and quotes from famous writers, actors, playwrights and poets. The bold and masculine cover can be carried anywhere! Great gift idea!
A. Two years after I became a full-time reporter, I sold my first novel. I had finished a novel right after college but it was horrible. It was good enough to get me an agent, but I’m grateful now that no one bought it. One of the major mistakes young writers make is quitting after finishing their first book and waiting for their careers to take off. You must be prepared to write a dozen novels before one works.
Q. What makes a writer great?
A. Hard work and an eye for realism. The better the writer, the more the truth comes out.
Q. and the all important: What does the process of going from “no book” to “finished book” look like?
A. It changes with each project. I’ve written 15 published novels. And each one, like children, present new and unique challenges. I have had books that were effortless to write and edit. I have had some that I finished only to realize they required a complete retooling. It changes every time.
This spirited journal is designed to help women open their hearts and minds to
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Much more than a journal for writing down your secrets, your thoughts and dreams, this handbook provides the writer with the ‘how to’s’. Over 275 of blank lined pages for your creative writing that includes tips and insightful quotes from famous authors, playwrights, poets and celebrities.
NOW AVAILABLE! A complete journal for the woman writer. Each page has a famous quote nestled in the margins to inspire your thoughts, dreams, and writing. Over 275 blank, lined pages await your journal entries.
You will find helpful instructions and tips, should you want to try your hand at writing fiction, story telling, writing a play or maybe some poetry. Come on, you know you’ve always wanted to try…..
There’s a very clever blog out there offered by author, Tara Ford of the UK. To help support her fellow-authors, she has developed Fiction Five Fridays.
The page features excerpts from various author’s books. The rules are simple – 5 sentences from a page with the digit 5 in the number. Short and sweet and readers get a little taste of what their favorite (or a new one) author is writing.
One of Tara’s books
TODAY! I have been chosen by Tara with my 5,5,5 contribution (fifth day of the week, a five in the page no. and a five sentence excerpt from one of my novels). WHAT FUN!!
This has been a very busy month here at my Writer’s Blog. Tomorrow begins my Interview with author, Dean Koontz. Then announcing a free book give-away of Susan Elia Macneal’s new release, The Prime Minister’s Secret Agent, and of course more storytelling by yours truly. Hope you’ll come back often to visit and enjoy my blog!
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In addition to my twice weekly blog I also feature an interview with another author once a month. So come along with me; we shall sneak into these writers’ special places, be a fly on the wall and watch them create! Dean Koontz will be interviewed by me June 28th in a two part sensational visit with this suspense-thriller mega-star.
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A. As soon as I learned to write.As a small child, I used to tell stories.Some people called these lies. Truth—lies—all the same to me.But I remember I couldn’t wait to learn to read & write.As soon as I had the alphabet and some vocabulary under my belt—Look! See! Go!—I was writing.It did not stop.Journals, letters, poetry, and interminable Great American Novel.But the GAN never got finished, probably because I did not know how to write a story.I didn’t get my head wrapped around story structure until I started writing scripts for corporate video.One of my producers(the man I eventually married) got me to admit I wanted to become a novelist (like Charles Dickens!).As part of his cunning Get Rich Slow Scheme, he persuaded or tricked or taunted me—I’m still not quite sure what happened—to work up the nerve to write a book for publication.
Seems like I’ve been chasing Loretta around forever for an interview, but it turns out that she’s just been busy writing and traveling. I am delighted that we re-connected and she has shared this wonderful look into her writing process and experiences.
Q. Where do you write? Do you have a special room, shed, barn, special space for your writing?
A. I have a room set aside.It’s about ¼ the size I need.I dream of a barn, to be converted into a studio, with miles of bookshelves and a vast wall space for my historical maps.
Q. Do you have any special rituals when you sit down to write?
A.A cup of tea or coffee.Then I panic.Then I run out of the room & find something else to do.Then I return, maybe write something, panic, and so on.My work area is always in chaos, and putting things away provides a superior method of procrastinating.
Thursday, May 29th begins my exciting and refreshing interview withbest selling author, Loretta Chase.
LC. “My career at Clark University was not short. After earning a B.A. in only twice the usual time, I stayed on to work in clerical, administrative, and part-time teaching posts. There were other real jobs along the way: stints with jewelry and clothing retailers, and a Dickensian six-month experience as a meter maid.
But my main business in life was writing. This is why I majored in English instead of something useful that would lead to a real job with an actual salary. English majors must read mountains of books and write reams of papers. If only they would have paid me for being an English major, my life would have been perfect…….” (courtesy of her web site) Coming Soon! Loretta’s newest book Released June 24th
Penny and Leonard sittin’ in a tree….k.i.s.s.i.n.g.
Half in fun, half serious Penny and Leonard have been proposing to each other, always confident that they would turn each other down. Within the brilliant writing of Chuck Lorre’s writing team, Leonard and Penny are arguing. Viewers squirm at how awkward the scene is, (again, the brilliance of Lorre’s writing) and then there is one last proposal and Leonard tells Penny ‘Yes! I’ll be your bran-muffin.’
Then in a pure moment of geek love, Leonard gets down on one knee in front of Penny, opens his wallet and digs around until he finds the ring he’s been carrying around ‘for a while’ (two years). He purposes very formally and Penny says ‘yes’. Leading up to this momentous event the episode was a delightful collection of vignettes of each couple and their strange and wonderful love for each other. Sheldon’s description of his written relationship agreement with Amy, and Continue reading “Leonard Said, ‘Yes!’ The Big Bang Theory!”
Available Now! This handsome journal/handbook was created especially for men who want to write.
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