I promised to review Fill-in-the-Blank Plotting more than once, but never got around to it for some reason. My apologies for that. Fill-in-the-Blank Plotting by Linda George is the easiest book on writing ever. She explains how to combine The Hero’s Journey and the Three Act Structure into a tighter, more cohesive plot. If you’re not familiar with either of
Preparing for NaNoWriMo: Plotcards
It’s that time of year, not of foliage or way-too-soon Christmas decorations, but of words and words and words. That’s right. It’s NaNoWriMo time. If you’re new on the block, this weird word stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Sounds crazy, right? To quote the Cheshire Cat, “We’re
Read It Again, Sam
The day job is breathing down my neck, so I can’t get truly dive into today’s Friday Fives topic. However, I put together five of the books I couldn’t get enough of as Single Digit Alicia. Just looking at these is totally making me want to go read them. Right. Now. What were some of your favorites as a kid?
I Am the Tortoise
Every Wednesday, YA Highway asks their readership a simple question to answer on your blog. Once you answer, you link your blog in the comments for other readers to hop on board. This is Road Trip Wednesday. This is YA Highway’s 100th RTW prompt. How awesome this that!? Today’s topic: What has your writing road trip looked like so far?
Where I Will Write
Thanks to all in The Lurkdom who said happy anniversary to Hubby and I. We had a great day filled with waffles, fish, hipsters, and Marty McFly. Even with that, the long weekend wasn’t long enough and we’re now in another race to Friday. Work is kicking my ass this week with meetings on top of meetings, so today will