by Annette | Aug 25, 2014 | Romance Writing Career, The Creative Process, Tools & Resources
Story ideas come at us when we least expect them to. I should know, I’ve written thousands of story ideas and published them online, in books, and I’ve used a few for my own novels. The challenge generally isn’t to come up with good ideas but to seize them, take...
by Annette | Aug 22, 2014 | The Creative Process
One of the challenges to starting and completing a novel (and publishing it) is the concept of “stick-to-itiveness.” Books need to be planned. Words need to be put on the page every single day. Edits need to be made, revisions and corrections need to be followed...
by Annette | Aug 20, 2014 | Romance Writing Craft, The Creative Process, Tools & Resources
Last week I shared my reading obsession and the tendency writers have to compare themselves to other writers. (If you haven’t read the post, check it out here.) After a discussion with a fellow writer, I brought up the potential benefits of striving to be like your...
by Annette | Aug 18, 2014 | Writing Quote of the Week
by Annette | Aug 4, 2014 | Romance Writing
I hope you had an amazing weekend and I hope that at least some of it was spent writing or indulging your creative spirit. I wrote, read, and relaxed in the back yard a bit. I’ve been reading a lot lately. And by a lot I mean that I’ve sunk about $150 in...
