Writing retreats can be invaluable times for a writer. I know they are for me. A writing retreat is just that, a time to retreat from daily responsibilities and focus intensely on writing.
The time you set aside for a retreat can be as little or [...]
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30
Mar
The Value in Retreating
Posted by Stephanie Shackelford Published in Craft, Creativity, Making Goals1 comment
27
Mar
The first author I ever saw was Carol Shields. I had never read one of her books, in fact, I had never heard of her until I learned that she was coming to a local library to read her book, The Stone Diaries. I went just to find out what a real author looked and [...]
25
Mar
If there’s one thing I love more than writing classes, it’s writing conferences. There is no end of good that can result from attending one! Do I sound overly optimistic? Probably because I am the kind of person who looks for the good in anything. So I generally end up finding it.
The first writers conference [...]
24
Mar
I’ve been writing seriously for seventeen years now. Once I made up my mind to truly pursue this career (which I had dreamed about since sixth grade) the first thing I did was to seek out other writers. I stumbled across NJ Romance Writers and by association, Romance Writers of America (RWA), joined the group, [...]
23
Mar
Who’s Scared of a Little Ole Conference?
Posted by Stephanie Shackelford Published in Craft, NetworkingThis week we are talking about conferences. I love conferences as much as taking classes. It’s like classes on steroids for me. There are workshops for learning about the craft of writing and the business of getting published. There are agents and editors and published authors just hanging out. There are [...]
21
Mar
I Love Online Classes and Workshops, A Guest Blog by Kimberly Napoli
Posted by Kitty Bucholtz Published in CraftI love online classes and workshops. They tap into the part of me that is a geek who loves to learn and the busy part of me that is trying to balance it all and write a decent book.
I don’t have the time to register at a school, drive there a few times a [...]
20
Mar
W
hat a great topic for me this week. I am in the midst of my second online writing class: Empowering Character Emotions by Margie Lawson. A few drafts ago on my WIP I realized that I needed help learning how to bring emotions out of my characters. So even though I write for children, I [...]
18
Mar
I love to learn. Always have. I was the annoying kid in class who got excited about a pop quiz! I haven’t generally been a fan of the kind of writing class you find at college, but I love the kind you find online.
When I first heard of online writing classes, I think it [...]
17
Mar
Does anyone really need to take a writing course? Why not just sit down and write your novel?
Here’s a secret: That’s pretty much what I did. Starting when I was about, oh, ten. A short novel about a horse (the less said about that, the better). A longer novel – maybe 150 pages – about [...]
16
Mar
There’s a story you might have heard about a man chopping wood. He’s having a hard time of it, though, because his saw is dull.
A friend sees him and comments.“Why don’t you stop and sharpen your saw?”
“Oh, no, I can’t [...]
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