Laughter Lifts the Heart
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Tag Archives: Outlining Your Novel
Writer’s Block Busting
What stage are you in with your writing—getting the first draft written, or revising the mess you made of your first draft? Either way, there may come a time when you’re stumped and unable to go forward. Best thing to … Continue reading
Re-start Your Writing
I’ve been having a bit of trouble kicking myself into gear after the holidays. I know my plans for 2017: Finish Kayla’s Challenge, my novella for the Tiny House Collection; write and publish Ride to the Altar, the third in the Circle Bar … Continue reading
Posted in write tips, Writing, Writing Tips
Tagged KM Weiland, Outlining Your Novel, photo prompts, word prompts
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Writing Again
Remember this mug from last Friday? I want it. It serves a dual purpose–it would announce to whomever may care that I’m writing again and, if I’m not writing again, it would serve as a constant reminder that I’m supposed … Continue reading
Posted in write tips, Writing, Writing Tips
Tagged crafting fiction, fiction writing, intuitive writing, KM Weiland, novel writing, Outlining Your Novel
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This One’s for Katie
The early results of the outlining experiment are in, and though more research is required before I say so definitively, all indications are that . . . Y’all know I’m a seat-of-the-pants writer, right? I’ve been at this business professionally … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Much Ado About Love, Promotion/Publicity/Marketing, Reviews of exceptional books, Writing, Writing How-To Books, Writing Tips
Tagged fiction writing, Jan Thompson, KM Weiland, Lesley Ann McDaniel, Linda W. Yezak, Linda Yezak, Lynnette Bonner, Much Ado About Love, novel writing, Outlining Your Novel, romance writing, SOTP writing, Susan May Warren, Tamara Leigh
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On-Going Outlining Saga
As you know, if you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, I’ve been working on my entr’acte between Give the Lady a Ride and The Final Ride using Katie Weiland’s Outlining Your Novel workbook–an experiment of sorts, since I … Continue reading
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Tagged fiction writing, KM Weiland, Outlining Your Novel, seat-of-the-pants writing
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In the On-Going Saga . . .
Past few weeks, I’ve been letting y’all know of my creative process for developing an entr’acte for what I’m now calling the Romance on the Circle Bar Ranch series (title subject to change . . . again). Time for another installment. … Continue reading
Posted in Writing, Writing How-To Books, Writing Tips
Tagged brainstorming, KM Weiland, outlining, Outlining Your Novel, Writing, writing fiction
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Premises, Premises
By now, if you’ve been reading my blog for the past few weeks, you know of all my major events in my writing career: The Final Ride is finished and awaiting approval from my publisher, While I semi-patiently wait for … Continue reading
Clash of Characters
Last week, I mentioned I was trying to come up with an “entr’acte” to land between Give the Lady a Ride and The Final Ride. I didn’t have a clue what I’d write, I just knew I needed something to tie a … Continue reading
Posted in Writing, Writing Tips
Tagged Characterization, Enneagram, KM Weiland, Myers-Briggs, novel writing, Outlining Your Novel, personality types
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Bruisin’ My Forehead
Remember this one from a couple of Fridays ago? Just pretend that head of hair you see in the meme is red. I’m trying to be creative in two different fields right now–marketing and writing. That’s not unusual for most … Continue reading