HERE’S a good link to some writing tips and tricks you can use.
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Blathering: Be Thankful
What are you thankful for? We have a lot to be thankful for in today’s world. Here are some things to think about: The ability to create The ability to […]
Short-Shorts: Name Lists
HERE’S another good list of names from the 1800’s – ship’s passenger lists (back before privacy laws!)
Short-Short: Train Trip to California
Found THIS little gem while researching the lads’ trip to New York. A letter by a fellow traveling from New York to San Francisco during the right time period. Don’t […]
Use Your Experience
The old advice is “Write what you know.” That’s a misleading phrase, and it stymies many a beginning writer. The actual phrase should be “Write what are willing to learn […]
5 Tips to Writing Emotionally
One of the areas many new writers have trouble with is emotional content. Their writing may have a lot of description, even vivid images, but there is no connection for […]
Short-Short: Dressing Cases
HERE’S a link to an interesting article I found while researching the lads’ upcoming trip to the East Coast. It’s all about dressing cases.
The Art of Blogging
This was a panel at the Hillerman Conference, featuring Dawn Wink, Susan Tweit, and Joe Badal. Advice from Dawn, whose blog is called Dewdrops: Follow your passions Figure out who […]
To Outline or Not to Outline
This was a panel at the Tony Hillerman Conference, featuring Anne Hillerman, CB McKenzie, Sara Hoklotubbe, and John Sandford. Q: Do you outline or wing it? John: There’s no right […]
The Serious Art of Writing Humor
Kris Neri shared some of her secrets with us at the Tony Hillerman Conference. Here are a few tricks of the trade. Teaching humor is hard, Kris says. To teach, you […]