Hone Your Senses!

/ August 3, 2011/ description, lists, Road Trip Wednesday, writing exercise/ 5 comments

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. Today’s topic: The Five Senses. How you use them in your writing, how you are inspired by them, pictorial essays, that character with smelly

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Vacation Books

/ August 1, 2011/ books, lists, summer/ 8 comments

This time next week I’ll be an active participant of The Real World Cape Cod and let me tell you: it can’t come soon enough. This summer has been somewhat of a suckfest so getting away for a few days is a definite must. One thing I always make sure I pack for vacation are books. The more, the better.

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D’OH!

/ July 13, 2011/ lists, Road Trip Wednesday, writing/ 17 comments

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. Today’s topic: What’s the biggest writing / querying / publishing mistake you’ve made? Oi. I’ve been writing for a loooong time which means

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The Top 5 Tools Every Writer Should Use

/ July 8, 2011/ Friday Fives, lists, research/ 14 comments

First, I’d like to announce the winner of the Jenna & Jonah’s Fauxmance Giveaway… KO! Now back to our originally scheduled Friday Fives. In every writer’s life, a bit of research must fall. Yours truly isn’t an exception. Where do I go for all my researcherly needs? Google by far. I just type in a question and bam! instant answers.

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Cliches Are Awesome

/ July 1, 2011/ cliche, Dark Tower reference, Friday Fives, Highlander, lists/ 9 comments

It’s Friday and in under six hours I’ll be having a fantastic long weekend. Until then, you’re stuck with me and my five favorite cliches. When the general public thinks cliche, chances are they’ll think a catch phrase. When I think cliche, I think things in writing. Let’s count them down: The dumb blonde and dumb jock. Even though they’re

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