A few times per week, I offer unsolicited writing advice to anyone who will listen. Sometimes, I even follow it myself. I have a shameful confession: I used to think writing was a solo career. In my younger years, when I was still getting my feet wet with fiction, I was a little arrogant about …
Hi, my name is Sarah, and I am a 7. A 7 wing 8 to be exact. I constantly seek satisfaction, variety, and, most importantly, fun! But, because I have a wing in "The Challenger" and, therefore, no patience, I need to have fun, like, right now. The day I first took the Enneagram test …
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A few times per week, I offer unsolicited writing advice to anyone who will listen. Sometimes, I even follow it myself. When I was in college, I once had a creative writing workshop teacher kick off her semester by making a list of things we were not allowed to write about. She was a graduate …
Continue reading Writing Quick Tip #3 – No Topic is Off Limits
A few times per week, I offer unsolicited writing advice to anyone who will listen. Sometimes, I even follow it myself. If you ask me, 'Who is your favorite character in your novel, The Broken Haven?' you might be surprised to learn the answer. It's not my good-natured, modern day Alice-in-Wonderland, Eleanor, and it's not my dashing …
Continue reading Writing Quick Tip #2 – For the Love of Villains
Someone, somewhere, at some point in my life, once told me that it is possible to be a full-time writer and not starve. And once I heard that, there was no looking back. I want to thank this person. I also want to punch them, because now I am cursed. There's no convincing me that …
A few times per week, I offer unsolicited writing advice to anyone who will listen. Sometimes, I even follow it myself. Tip #1 - Score your book. No, I'm not suggesting you give it a rating from 1-10. Do a little digging on Spotify, or Amazon Music, or iTunes, or whatever your preferred streaming platform …
In the past few months, I think I've counted maybe thirteen different articles floating around the internet about how to treat introverts. Lists of reasons why introverts don't want to hang out with me, and what it is that introverts need in their lives, and how staying in on a Friday night is actually an …
Hi everyone! I'm doing a little shameless promoting for this blog post, but I think everyone will really enjoy! If you don't already know, my first novel was recently published by Lands Atlantic. It has been such an exciting journey. I thought it might be fun to share the first chapter on The Rough Draft! …
Hello, everyone. I've been incredibly busy lately, what with my book coming out in less than twenty days (HOLY MOLY, IT'S FINALLY HERE) and revisions of the new book and working on short stories for my fiction class and also forcing myself to trudge through all of the other academic work on my agenda so …
"Always write when you are just a tad hungry." This is a piece of writing advice I read somewhere or heard from someone maybe, like, ten years ago. I'm not sure who originally said it, so if you know, please inform me, but I have to say...this is crap. Whenever I write when I am …
