I love podcasts. I’m not sure why, but when I’m cleaning the house, making dinner, and walking the dog I love to listen to my favorite teachers, motivational speakers, business specialists, and short stories. Since the New Year started, I made a list of new-to-me podcasters, plus one I discovered last year, that I’m determined…
Tag: writing craft
Celebrating a Milestone- Anniversary Edition #amwriting #Romance @jacqbiggar
Celebrating a Milestone Five years ago, I decided to quit feeling sorry for myself and do something about it. You see, I’d recently moved away from home and was lost and lonely. But, I had a dream. One I’d carried in the back of my mind for years. I wanted to write a book. Deciding…
How Much of Yourself is in Your Characters?
My first book started as a journal of my experiences as a new EMT working on an ambulance. I wasn’t sure at first what I was going to do with those stories but I felt the need to save them. In a few years I went from EMT to Paramedic and the number of…
Writing Process- as Individual as a You Are
by Veronica Forand Quantity over quality. That is the debate. To write a million words or several brilliant words. In this market, even the top authors who had been getting by with one book a year are feeling the cry of their readers for more. Some writers have mastered the art of writing fast. Their…
Creating an #AudioBook #WriterTips @jacqbiggar
It’s hard to express the feeling I had this week when Audible released Missing: The Lady Said No to audiobook. Hearing your hero speak for the very first time is indescribable. I’ve been waiting for ACX- (Audible Creation Exchange) the company that produces audiobooks for leading suppliers such as Audible, Amazon, and I-tunes to allow Canadians…
Painted Rocks, Joy, and Childhood Revisited
I grew up spending my summers at the beach, and one of our favorite pastimes was collecting rocks and shells, and painting them. Well, imagine my surprise when I recently discovered adults all around the world have taken to painting rocks, and tucking them in fun spots for other folk to find. Rocks with messages, or…
Workshops For Writers
Hey there, I’m Kathryn Jane, and I have a passion for sharing information with other writers and authors. How many times have you said, wow, I wish I’d known that going in. Or muttered, isn’t there an easier way to do this? Or, how was I supposed to know this already? Why didn’t somebody tell…
How Writing Is Like Hair Color #amwriting #Writertips #RSsos @jacqbiggar
This might get a little longwinded so bear with me 🙂 How many of you remember arguing with your parents when you were a teen and desperately wanted to color your hair? My daughter used to drive me crazy with these requests. “Please, Mom, Stephanie’s mom let her do it.” Or my personal…
KISS your characters
I saw my first movie in 1979: The Black Hole. Due to a family thing (which is a very long story), we had to drive an hour one way and catch a ferry to make the show time. I was hooked from that night in a dark theater with my brother and my cousins. I…
A Lucky Eight: Thoughts on the Book Trailer
Do you have a trailer for your latest book? And what’s your opinion of the medium, in general? Seems there’s some controversy as to whether book trailers have a place in the market at all. Some sources even suggest that the very notion of a book trailer is in direct opposition to a book’s innate…
Word by Word 