After writing and publishing more than 140 books, Angela Hunt has developed a video course that will improve your writing and set you on the path to publication. Any writer, even already-published writers, can benefit from her lessons on plotting, characterization,...
I keep a ten-year journal–I’ve done it for 18 years. I can only write a few lines on each page, but it’s enough to remind me of where I was at that point in each year. The other day–May 11, to be exact–I read the entry from May 11, 2015:...
Starting a new novel is like going to a party where you don’t know anyone, no one wants to talk to you, and you’re not really sure what you’re doing there. There are people–characters–who look at you and dare you to shake them up. You...
Hi, everybody! First, happy birthday to my daughter today, for whom I made a vanilla cake with buttercream frosting as per her request. 🙂 I’m leaving to go out of town tomorrow, so I hope everyone in the family eats that huge cake before I get back. (I...
I spent all day in a photography seminar taught by the wonderful Scott Kelby, and I just had to smile at some of the parallels to the writing life. First, I thought the class would be attended by pros wanting to improve their craft. Wrong! Most of the 400 folks...
It’s November! And whether you’re a professional writer or someone who writes for the love of it, a LOT of people sit down at the computer in November to crank out a novel. To honor these brave and determined souls, a couple of years ago some girlfriends...