by Shannon Dittemore | Mar 27, 2020 | Encouragement, Goals, Writing, Writing Life
There’s an old poem with no title and an unknown author, and it opens like this: From an old English parsonage down by the seaThere came in the twilight a message to me;Its quaint Saxon legend, deeply engraven,Hath, it seems to me, teaching from Heaven.And on...
by Jill Williamson | Mar 25, 2020 | Guest Posts, Learning from Other Authors, Story Endings, Writing, Writing a Series
Today we have a guest post from former Go Teen Writer girl Taylor Bennett. The final book in Taylor’s Tradewinds series just released this month, and it’s currently free on Kindle Unlimited! If you’re new to Taylor and her books, you can start at the beginning of the...
by Shannon Dittemore | Mar 13, 2020 | Writing, Writing Exercise
It’s been forever since we’ve done a writing exercise here, but I’m guessing some of you are home from school unexpectedly and might be on the look out for activities to keep you occupied. I like to think I give the people what they want! So, today I...
by Shannon Dittemore | Mar 6, 2020 | The Craft of Writing, Writing
Like every being of light, Canaan hates fear. It has little effect on him, but humans can’t make such a claim. Only Celestial eyes can see it for what it is. Black and thick. Like tar, but icy and alive. It clings and oozes. It weighs down its victims until they are...
by Shannon Dittemore | Feb 28, 2020 | Author Life, Writing, Writing As A Business, Writing Life
Good morning, writers! I have been busy, busy, busy, so this week I thought I’d just give you a quick writing update so I can jump back into my work. First of all, to everyone who celebrated my cover reveal a few weeks back, THANK YOU! The giveaway at YA BOOKS...
by Shannon Dittemore | Feb 21, 2020 | Theme, Writing
Today, we have a fun mailbag question from GloryAnna: I know this is probably up to me, but how do you go about choosing a moral for your story, or a lesson your character will learn? I have tons of story ideas, and I’ve worked with a lot of them but have never...
