


by Pauline Daley-Parril (Collette Yvonne) An excerpt: 1. Breakfast in Bed It’s five minutes past dawn and you hear your kids banging cupboard doors down in the kitchen. Soon there will be syrup and pancake batter dripping from the walls, floors, countertops and overhead fixtures. Worse yet, you are about to be compelled to consume a…
Let’s talk about something that happens to every writer, whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been at this for years. You’re deep in your story, everything’s flowing, and then you hit a paragraph that just… doesn’t work. Maybe it’s beautiful writing, maybe it’s a great character moment, but it slows down your scene or…
Tuscany Writer’s Workshop… Just imagine writing your stories amid the beauty of Cortona, Italy… This September, I’m scheduled to present a week long workshop in Tuscany. About My Tuscany Writer’s Workshop My Toscana Americana “Journaling to tell YOUR Stories” workshop period is for one week from September 1, 2018, until September 8, 2018. It includes…
What’s more romantic than Valentine’s Day? Valentine’s Day at the beach, of course. Just take a look at a few of these photos I took while I was writing by the sea. Now…since this is Valentine’s Day, it’s the perfect time to write a short romance. Want to try? Then just read the article I…
by Irene S. Roth, Contributing Editor It takes hard work to become the best writer you can be. But it’s worth the effort. Many writers shy away from believing they can become excellent writers. Personally, I’ve been writing nonfiction e-books, newspaper, and magazine articles as well as blogs for three decades. Yet, I still can’t…
As a writer, do you include all the stages of the writing process when you’re working? Or do you tend to lump all the stages together in an effort to crank out something you can immediately submit for publication somewhere? If you’re trying to work too quickly, most likely, you’re leaving out one or more of the following…