by Annette | Apr 2, 2015 | Romance Writing Career
How often do you let the world get in the way? I’m busy, I mean work full-time, chauffeur a busy teenager, and go to nursing school kind of busy. Though, to be fair, my house is a disaster. I need to train the dog to dust and load the dishwasher. However, there’s a...
by Annette | Mar 25, 2015 | Romance Writing Career
If you’re familiar with this blog and my approach to writing professionally then you know about my 500 words a day goal. 500 words a day is doable for even the busiest of people. You can have kids, go to school, and work and still have time to write 500 words each...
by Annette | Mar 21, 2015 | Romance Writing, Romance Writing Career, The Creative Process
How often have you been derailed from working on your romance novel? Schedules change. You get sick, a family member gets sick. You get a second job, you lose a job. You move, go on vacation or start school… Life continues to change. You can absolutely count on that...
by Annette | Feb 7, 2015 | Romance Writing, Romance Writing Career, The Creative Process
We’ve been talking a lot about writer’s block this week. Yay! Such an uplifting topic. It’s important to address, I think, because it’s something that all romance writer’s face from time to time. Of course, there are varying degrees of writer’s block and more causes...
by Annette | Feb 6, 2015 | Romance Writing Career, The Creative Process
Writers come in all shapes and sizes. While writers may be inherently creative, (I actually believe all humans are creative if they’re allowed to be) they have different personalities. In my case, I think I may have many…personalities that is. Some writers push...
by Annette | Jan 30, 2015 | Romance Writing, Romance Writing Career, Tools & Resources
Have you ever participated in a writing webinar or online course? I’ve taken a few and have found that they’re a unique experience. The benefits as I see them are as follows: Homework – Most writing courses, online and off, have writing homework. This forces you to...
