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 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 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 Jill Williamson | May 22, 2019 | Author Life, Brainstorming, Goals, Productivity, Writing, Writing Life
So last week I was all: “I haven’t been able to write at all. School is keeping me busy, and there is just no time to fit it in right now.” Well, it’s amazing what a difference a week can make! As I was drowning in homework last week, I...
by Stephanie Morrill | May 20, 2019 | 100-for-100, Author Life, Encouragement, Goals, Productivity, Writing, Writing Life
Today is the beginning of the 100 words for 100 days challenge and you absolutely MUST be signed up by the end of today if you want to participate. Here’s the link to the post with details and the sign up form, and here’s a link to go straight to the form...
by Jill Williamson | May 15, 2019 | Author Life, Encouragement, Writing, Writing Life
Jill here. It’s been a wild few weeks for me! And I must confess that I did not reach my goals for The Patternmage. 🙁 I did not finish the draft by the end of April, so I could not send it to my agent. It’s still hanging out on my computer, waiting...
