June 7th, 2021
Monopolize Your Indie Author Real Estate
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Author Marketing | Penny Sansevieri
by Penny C. Sansevieri
My favorite token was the Scottie dog; maybe yours was the race car. Whether you played the game on long ago rainy summer days with your siblings, or your last round was just last week with members of your pod, if I say the word Monopoly, I’ll bet a vivid image comes to mind.… Read the post
May 19th, 2021
How Your Book Ends—destination or discovery?
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Barbara Linn Probst | Writing Craft
by Barbara Linn Probst
I attended an online workshop this winter where I heard Cuban-American writer Ana Menéndez make the intriguing statement: "Endings, like hemlines and male facial hair, are subject to trends." Ana noted that, personally, she knows a story's ending before she begins, although she doesn't always know how she’ll get there.… Read the post
February 24th, 2021
Are You a Whole-Hearted Writer?
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Blogging Guests | Writer's Life
by Tasha Seegmiller
There is a tricky situation that occurs in the lives of writers. To people who are not engaged in some kind of similar creative pursuit, explaining a difficult day can be met with expressions of disbelief. “You mean sitting in your seat and typing words was hard?… Read the post
February 3rd, 2021
Fact or Fiction: "Flow" Improves the Writing Life
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Kris Maze | Writing Craft
by Kris Maze
My last post at WITS went in-depth on the aspects of Flow and how to use the psychology of writing to get into the Creative Zone. How does that apply to our misconceptions about getting into the mood for writing?… Read the post
August 19th, 2020
Read Like A Writer, Write Like A Reader
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Barbara Linn Probst | Writing Craft
By Barbara Linn Probst
Before I turned to fiction, I was a hybrid of academic and therapist. There was a truism in clinical practice that having been in therapy made you a better therapist—a complicated question, impossible to prove, although we always encouraged students to experience therapy themselves before attempting to offer it to others.… Read the post
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