by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 29, 2019 | Productivity, Writing
I don’t know about you, but I’m quick to complain about all the “thieves” stealing my writing time. Thieves like potty training my three-year-old, my kids being out of school for the summer, and half my babysitters going on vacation (how dare...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jul 26, 2019 | Mailbag
I hope you all are having a fantastic summer! It’s blistering out here in California, so I’m hiding out at my desk today, checking items of the to-do list, and reminding myself how much we all need the sunshine. We have another mailbag question for you....
by Jill Williamson | Jul 24, 2019 | Author Life, Grow An Author
I spent last weekend at the 2019 Realm Makers writers’ conference, where I saw several of you! I was amazed how many of you were there and absolutely thrilled to see you all. I taught twice. I taught a class on worldbuilding and the post conference workshop on...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 22, 2019 | The Craft of Writing, Writing Life
Last week, my three-year-old asked for chips and guacamole for lunch. You might think, “That’s not a good lunch,” but this is how cute he is, so we basically let him have whatever he wants: I pulled out avocados and Eli had a mini freak out....
by Shannon Dittemore | Jul 19, 2019 | Mailbag
Can I just give you all a big THANK YOU for the lovely mailbag questions you’ve been sending in? It’s made summer a lot easier on us and it’s just ENJOYABLE, isn’t it? To feel like we can chat books and story. To ask and answer, like...
by Jill Williamson | Jul 17, 2019 | Editing, Encouragement, Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Grow An Author, Learning from Other Authors
I’m in grad school to become an elementary teacher. Last week in my Literature class, I learned how to do reading and writing assessments for my students. I found the whole experience rather fascinating. Being a writer myself, I knew I’d need to critique...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 15, 2019 | Getting Feedback On Your Writing, Mailbag, Writing Life
I think we will all relate to this email we received at Go Teen Writers that I’ll be sharing today. Since there’s a lot worth responding to, I’m going to share a few snippets of it throughout my post so that I can take time to respond to each issue:...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jul 12, 2019 | Writing Exercise
Tell me you’re writing this summer, friends. If not, at least tell me you’re adventuring. Or thinking about adventuring? Maybe you have a summer job and you’re storing up life to later regurgitate on the page. Maybe. Possibly. You are, yes? Well, I...
by Jill Williamson | Jul 10, 2019 | Characters, Mailbag, Point of View
Today I’m are going to tackle two point of view questions that came to us through email. But first, if you are an Instagram user, this week I’m giving away a paperback set of the Kinsman Chronicles trilogy over on my Instagram account. Click here and look...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jul 8, 2019 | Characters
I’m home from Alaska, but I got in VERY late last night! This week’s post is part two of last Monday’s post. Before we talk about how to go about changing your characters at the heart level, I want to touch on how the logical path that we talked...
