This is my Week 4 check-in of my ROW80 challenge to finish the rough draft of Sekrit Middle Grade Fantasy project by June 14th! I have to say, these weekly check-ins are very motivating! The friends are rockin’ their progress: Check out Sheri’s Progress Here Check out Margo’s Progress Here Check out C. Lee’s Progress Here This week was the Week-of-Doing-Other-Things. I… Read More
Newness Addict
Picture credit There’s a classic Twilight Zone episode called Little Girl Lost, where a girl crawls through a trans-dimensional doorway that appears in her room and her parents spend the entire episode trying to get her back before it closes again. If you haven’t watched the original Twilight Zone TV episodes, please fix that.* Now, if you were a little… Read More
Encouraging Young Writers…and a Winner!
Thanks to everyone who subscribed to my newsletter and entered the giveaway! And the winner is … Victoria Caswell (aka aspiring_x)! On to our show… Writing is a frustrating business. Everyone who has ever gotten a negative critique or a rejection on a query or simply contemplated that the odds of being traditional published are worse than being struck by… Read More
Something for Everyone
Picture Credit Mighty Mite (age 7) has been complaining lately about watching “sad” movies. He doesn’t like them. He’s fine with action-packed films and comedy and even the occasional love scene (“as long as there’s not too many of them” says Mighty Mite), but he wants nothing to do with the sad parts. He tears up, just like his mom,… Read More
Week 3 – Plotting vs. Pantsing
FIRST: Make sure you subscribe to my newsletter Pursuits and leave a comment to enter to win a copy of Life, Liberty, and Pursuit! SECOND: Week 3 check-in of my ROW80 challenge to finish the rough draft of Sekrit Middle Grade Fantasy project by June 14th The friends are rockin’ their progress: Check out Sheri’s Progress Here Check out Margo’s Progress Here Check out… Read More
A Newsletter and a Giveaway
You may have noticed Ink Spells spiffy new look. It’s a little more grown-up than my previous Clouds-R-Us look, but the focus at Ink Spells is still on Young Minds. See? It’s right up there in the header. Also new is the Writerly Musings tab. It’s a small (but growing) list of posts that have tackled writing issues such as… Read More
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