Hello everyone, I just wanted to do a quick post to honor one of our cows, Dixie. She passed away this morning, leaving her sister Winnie behind. Winnie seems pretty confused right now, but hopefully going out to spend time with her over the next few days will help her. Dixie was a sweet, completely…
‘The Lost Girl Of Astor Street’ Goodreads Review
The Lost Girl of Astor Street by Stephanie Morrill My rating: 5 of 5 stars I just finished reading this, and it's certainly up on my favorites list neck to neck with 'The Hunger Games.' The twists are unexpected (which is exciting for me as I have an uncanny ability to foresee twists), the characters…
The Fictional Writer’s Guide DAY FIVE
Topic A: The Plot Categories: Brainstorming, World building, Story Set-up Topic B: The Characters Categories: Initial Creation, Background, Complexity Topic C: The Writing Categories: The Vital First Chapter, Your Inner Editor, Writers Block Character background is one of my favorite things about creating characters. Just like with people, your characters' past is what creates their…
The Fictional Writer’s Guide DAY FOUR
Topic A: The Plot Categories: Brainstorming, World building, Story Set-up Topic B: The Characters Categories: Initial Creation, Background, Complexity Topic C: The Writing Categories: The Vital First Chapter, Your Inner Editor, Writers Block Hello writers! I haven't done a post for The Fictional Writer's Guide for a while, so I thought it was time I continued…
Archive of Our Own
For those of you who enjoy writing and/or reading fanfiction, I wanted to share with you my go-to fanfiction site, Archive of Our Own. It's easy to use, popular, and totally awesome. I've been using it for the past few years, but I only really got into fanfiction recently, so I wanted to do a…
I Got First Place!
I'm so excited to announce that I got first place for the Teen Writers Go contest I mentioned last week! Here's the link to the top three winners and their entries, which I was so excited to read. They were all amazing! Anyhow, I just wanted to share this because I'm so honored to have…
Contest Reminder
Hello everyone, This is a reminder that submissions for my writing contest will be closed as of March 1st, which is getting close! Head over to the contest page if you haven't already, and if you have, make sure to submit your entry. Winners will receive a $10 Books-A-Million gift card. If you aren't familiar with…
Help me Name my MC
I'm having some trouble deciding between a list of names I selected for the MC of my new historical fiction. The book is based in the 1940s, Chicago, and the MC is a twenty-year-old woman. Thoughts? Thanks for voting!
Writer Obstacles
Writing is something that I've never been able to walk away from, no matter how frustrating, disappointing and energy-draining it's been. When I can't decide what to write, I'm stuck in part of my project, or I just don't have the confidence, people tend to say, "Why don't you just take a break? Stop writing…
Can’t seem to focus on one project? Here’s why you should…
Good morning, and happy Valentines Day! I don't know about you, but I've always found it hard to stick with one writing project. Instead, I rotate from one project to a new project to a new project until my computer storage space is full. I did something yesterday that motivated me to stick to just…
Writers BloK 