Sep 25, 2016 | My Publications, Writing
Last week, I mentioned the launch of Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings. As promised, here is the first installment from the book. It lists beats you can use to convey anger. Anger Many of anger’s physical reactions are also...
Sep 17, 2016 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing
If you’re anything like me, you have already installed Grammarly on your computer and use it to make sure those pesky commas and prepositions are all correct. However, editor Mary Walton recently alerted me to not one, but ten alternative tools that you can use...
Sep 15, 2016 | My Publications, Writing
Exciting news! My latest book, Emotional Beats: How to Easily Convert your Writing into Palpable Feelings, is finally available on Amazon. You may remember the book from my poll back when I was choosing its cover. If not, here’s what it’s all about: Even...
Jul 29, 2016 | My friends' Guest Posts, Writing
When it comes to making it as a writer, there are no hard and fast rules, it seems. For writers who have spent the better part of their lives receiving rejection letters, there’s always the J.K. Rowling story. For the die-hard traditionalists who say you need a...
Jul 22, 2016 | Blog hops tours & reblogs, Writing
This guest post by author Lincoln Cole is part of a blog tour sponsored by 4Wills Publishing. Writing Tips Tip #1 – Just write. Don’t be afraid to put the words on paper and try new things. Sure, a lot of it won’t work, but some of it will. That first draft can be a...
May 29, 2016 | Interviews Features and Reviews, Writing
You know how much I love trivia about the English language. One of my favorite resources for that sort of thing is the AWC – the Australian Writers’ Centre – and their free weekly newsletter. It includes a great grammar section called Q&A, plus...