by Jill Williamson | Jan 11, 2013 | Writing
by Jill WilliamsonWelcome to yet another installment of Punctuation 101, the posts that are all about punctuation. I’m your host, Jill Williamson. And today, we’re talking about dashes and ellipses. What’s the difference, you ask? Well, let’s...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI was completely blown away by how many entries we had for the Go Teen Writers first lines contest. We had – are you ready for it? – a whopping411 entries!!!411! It’s almost too big for me to comprehend. I’m not a math...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 9, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI watched the Downton Abbey premiere on Sunday night. It was – no surprise – wonderful and totally worth the wait. One thing that show does incredibly well is big stuff happens to the characters. Shockingly big stuff. People die. War...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 8, 2013 | Writing a Series
Circularity is bringing things full circle. This could happen at the end of a scene, a chapter, a book, or a series. It’s when you tie up all your loose ends and, sometimes, create those “Ah!” moments. The trick to doing this well tends to happen...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 7, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI took a video last week of Connor, my 2 1/2 year old son, brushing his teeth. It’s about 90 seconds long and follows him through his brushing and spitting, captures him pulling himself up on the counter so he can put his toothbrush away, and...
by Jill Williamson | Jan 4, 2013 | Writing
By Jill WilliamsonTo some, Track Changes are a mystery. But they are really easy to use, and are the main way books are edited these days by critique groups, editors, and some agents. This video will give you a quick overview of how Track Changes work.Have you ever...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 3, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie Morrill With all the normal January buzz about goals and resolutions going on, I find that this is a time of year that I have to remind myself what success is for me. If I don’t, I wind up too influenced by outside sources, and I get easily...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jan 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillI hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break full of family, friends, reading, and writing. With my husband home, I had some dedicated time to work on revisions for my upcoming release, The Revised Life of Ellie Sweet as well as time with my...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 21, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillWell, yesterday and this morning have involved way more math than I signed up for when I pursued writing, but here are the results of all the number crunching:Here’s the list of amazing writers who completed the 100 for 100 challenge:Abby...
by Stephanie Morrill | Dec 20, 2012 | Uncategorized
by Stephanie MorrillYou may have noticed that I’m not Rachel Coker.I know I said yesterday that Rachel was going to be posting today, but we had to do a little bit of schedule shuffling around here … so you have me instead. She’ll be back on in a...
