Showing posts with label writing tips. Show all posts
Showing posts with label writing tips. Show all posts
Monday, April 21, 2025

Overused Phrases in Thriller Novels

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Happy Monday, good people of the blogosphere! I know I'm late. I had stuff for my normal job to do. hahaha. Today, we'll be talking ...
Monday, February 24, 2025

Errors, Content, and Making It Work Anyway

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Happy Monday, everyone. *big stretch and yawn* That was a tiring weekend, huh? I admit, I could crawl back in bed and sleep the rest of the ...
Friday, February 7, 2025

AI and Writing - A Series of Looks Inside: Part Two - ChatGPT

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Good morning, and happy Friday, good people of the blogosphere! Today, we're taking a light look at creating prompts and how ChatGPT far...
Monday, February 19, 2018

How to: Microplot

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Happy Monday, everyone! I hope you had a fantastic weekend and are ready to crank out the words this week! Today, I'm talking about micr...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

Is it Wrong to Expect Readers to be Active Participants in the Story?

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Happy Thursday! Today, we're gonna talk about description, how it might impact the reader, and what authors might or might not expect fr...
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Friday, July 28, 2017

Friday Funday Part Four

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Happy Friday, everyone! So, I used to do this awesome thing called Friday Funday. It's all about authorly word games or writing games yo...
Friday, November 4, 2016

A Complete Guide to Sprinting During NaNoWriMo

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Happy Friday, everyone! Whew! Day three of NaNo and I'm sitting at 12.5k words (and I'm not done writing for today). What's th...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

How to Win NaNoWriMo in 7 Easy Steps

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Happy Wednesday, good people of the blogosphere! Wow. Just wow. I started NaNoWriMo yesterday, and I'm pumped. I missed NaNo the last 2 ...
Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Guest Post - 5 Self-Editing Tips that Will Make Your Book 10 Times Better

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Happy WHATEVER, good people of the blogosphere! Today, I have a super special guest post for you all on editing. The fabulous Alicia Rades i...
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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Write Better. Write Faster. Right Now. A FREE 4-Part How-to Video Series

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Happy Wednesday again! *grin* Okay, you guys, strap in, because this post is a doozy! I'm so excited to share this! Want to write f...
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Whatever Jo Wants Wednesday #3 - Tips and Tricks on Writing, Marketing, and Much More

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Happy hump-day, everyone! Today, I'm talking about my little tips and tricks page here on the blog. I spend one month a year organizing ...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Character Posts

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Happy Friday, everyone! Because I'm running around like a crazy person, trying to get caught up on things today, I'm giving you an a...
Monday, August 24, 2015

Novel Research - How Much is Too Much?

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Happy Monday, good people of the blogosphere! Welcome to another week of fun. Yeah, it's Monday, but you now have five whole days to get...
Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Being Emo - Emotional Triggers for Creating Rich Characters

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Happy Tuesday! As the title of the post implies, today I'll be talking about emotional triggers you can (and should) use for your charac...
Thursday, July 23, 2015

Men vs Women - Author's Voice

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Happy Thursday, and welcome to another writing tips post, everyone! Today, we're talking about your author voice and how it translates t...
Friday, July 17, 2015

13 Rules for Stronger Writing

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Happy Friday, everyone! Wow, it's the weekend already. I feel like I've missed out on a couple of days in here somehow. Anywho, toda...
Monday, July 6, 2015

Pick Up the Pace

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Happy Monday, everyone! Today, we're talking about ways to increase the pace in your novel. I assume you've used the tools in my pre...
Thursday, March 5, 2015

Excuse Me, is Your Caps Lock on?

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Happy Thursday, everyone! Book review tomorrow! I know you're all excited as can be. Today, I'm bringing you a little information on...
Thursday, February 12, 2015

Further vs Farther and Apostrophes with Dates

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Yup, it's still Thursday! Here's your second post for the day (because I'm playing a bit of catchup). It's short, sweet, and...