by Jill Williamson | Jun 19, 2019 | Self-Publishing
First of all, I need to draw a winner for the copy of Arcade and the Triple T Token. The winner is Samantha. Congrats! Samantha, please email me your mailing address and I’ll get the book ordered for you. And now I feel like I need to tell you how my picture...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 17, 2019 | Author Life, First Drafts, Productivity, The Craft of Writing, Writing, Writing Life
Over the last few years, I’ve seen an increasing amount of excitement about writing faster. Even aside from events like NaNoWriMo (where you write 50k in the month of November) the market is crowded with books about writing fast. I searched for “Write...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jun 14, 2019 | Creativity, Getting Published, Writing, Writing a Series, Writing Life
Most of my books start out untitled. I save the manuscripts to my computer as something bland and obvious. Angel Eyes was saved as Shield for the longest time and Broken Wings was called Book 2. My upcoming novel (which I should be able to announce NEXT WEEK, fingers...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 12, 2019 | Author Life
Today is the last day of my first session of grad school classes. I had so much homework to complete yesterday that I failed to squeeze in time for my blog post (I was up until 1:00 am working on this assignment), so I am taking a hiatus today. I do want to show you...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 10, 2019 | Plot, The Craft of Writing
If you’ve been writing for any time at all, you probably know that if there’s no conflict in your story, you don’t have much of one. Some writers relish creating the conflict in their stories. They’re excited to kill characters, to ramp up...
by Shannon Dittemore | Jun 7, 2019 | Mailbag
Today, we’re tackling another mailbag question. Natalie G. asks: How do you keep yourself motivated to finish a story? I write anything that comes to mind but I can never stay on it. It’s difficult for me to keep writing, any tips? I’m really trying...
by Jill Williamson | Jun 5, 2019 | Author Life, Ghostwriting, Guest Posts, Learning from Other Authors, Middle Grade
Jill Williamson here. When I was at the Mount Hermon conference this past April, I was so excited to connect with another Jill! Author Jill Osborne told me all about a middle grade series she’d been working on for Zonderkidz with former NFL running back, Rashad...
by Stephanie Morrill | Jun 3, 2019 | Characters, Writing
Next week I’ll have a new post for you guys, but since I’ve been traveling here is another post from the archives: If you’ve been hanging around the writing world for very long at all, you’ve likely heard about the importance of having a strong...
by Shannon Dittemore | May 31, 2019 | Writing Exercise
SCHOOL’S OUT FOR SUMMER! At least it is for my kids. To celebrate, I’ve got a fun little writing exercise for you. I’m going to give you a prompt sentence with fifteen words in it. Complete the prompt in this way: Your next sentence must have...
by Jill Williamson | May 29, 2019 | Creativity, Encouragement, Goals, Productivity, Writing Life
Since I’ve been in grad school, studying to become a certificated elementary school teacher, I’ve been growing more familiar with a wide variety of children’s books. I recently stumbled onto one that I just had to share with you all. It’s...
