My Writing Dream Come True
My Writing Dream Come True I’ve been lucky enough to have many writing dreams come true. When I first started writing, my dream was to finish a book. Once I did that, thanks to NaNoWriMo (https://nanowrimo.org), then my dream was…
Writers Amusing Ourselves: Character Names
I’ve often been asked how I come up with the names of my characters. To be honest, most of the time I’m amusing myself, as many writers do with character names. With actual historical figures, of course, I’m using their…
My Writing Life: My Routine Revisited
I have the luxury or good fortune to be retired, and I write full-time. My writing career revolves around writing and reading, and I enjoy doing both. Here’s a little bit about my current writing life and routine: When…
Prism Book Group Goals and Achievements Blog Hop
Goals and achievements is the theme for this blog hop. Jacqueline Hopper suggested we write about “what a writer goes through to make the goal of writing a book and finishing it.” Last year, I wrote several posts about my…
Social Media 2.0
It’s been fun to mess around with new social media. I’ve had the website, Twitter, etc. for a while now, but I’ve been doing more with Pinterest and Tumblr. At first I was a little apprehensive about trying something different,…