Category: On Writing

What recurring theme appears in your writing? 4

What is the Theme of Your Writing Life?

I’ve been troubled by something I heard at a recent writing workshop. One of the authors said something to the effect that writers spend their entire lives trying to say one thing. I mentioned this at this month’s poetry night,...

A guide to the commonly misused words: taking vs. taken, quiet vs. quite vs. quit, advise vs. advice, and regardless vs. irregardless. 6

Words to Write By Part 9

The Words to Write By series is a quick reference to help explain the differences between commonly misused words. In this installment of Words to Write By, I’ll review penultimate vs. ultimate, whether vs. weather, verses vs. versus, and then...

Inspirational post about setting a routine that signals your mind that it's time to write. 13

NaNoInspo — Writing Warm-up

Let me start this out with a few questions for you to ask yourself. How do you prepare to write? What do you do to signal to yourself that it’s time to focus and work on your story? Do you...

NaNoInspo: Inspiration and Motivation to help writers achieve their writing goals for National Novel Writing Month. 12

NaNoInspo — Who’s Your Writing Cheerleader?

It’s one week into National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), and I hope everyone is off to a wonderful start to this challenge. For more information on NaNoWriMo and the project NaNoInspo check out the first post NaNoInspo — Getting Started....

Get a little inspiration to keep you motivated during National Novel Writing Month. 6

NaNoInspo — Getting Started

It’s time to embark on the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge. NaNoWriMo is a call to writers to write 50,000 words in 30 days. It’s a chance to create something that before today didn’t exist. It is an awesome...