It’s that time of year again! No, I don’t mean the time of year where it’s a chill out and there’s all sorts of goblins and ghosts cackling from the doorways. I do however mean that it’s NaNoPrep time again. For those of you who may not know what NaNo is, it’s a shorthand form… Continue reading NaNo Prep 2021
Tag: writing
Exercise: Alphabet Sentences
Part of writing is figuring out how to string sentences together. It sounds super easy, any seasoned writer can tell you there are times where figuring out how to start the next sentence is a monumental task. That’s exactly the aim of today’s exercise: giving you some practice with difficult to start sentences. As an… Continue reading Exercise: Alphabet Sentences
Daily Writing Habits
One of the most common pieces of advice thrown around for writers is to write daily. There’s no arguing that even just a hundred words a day will add up at the end of the year (you’d have just over thirty-six thousand to be exact). The key to that however, is in not missing a… Continue reading Daily Writing Habits
Project Roadmap: Rosekeeper
I tend to switch my projects around fairly frequently, usually from month-to-month. It’s worked out well for me for years. Until recently however, I haven’t been doing much more than choosing a monthly project to work on and sort of diving in wherever felt best. The results of that have been mixed. Sometimes it works… Continue reading Project Roadmap: Rosekeeper
Short Story: The Frog and the Book
“Let’s just start from the top,” Sadie advised. “What happened this morning?” “I went to the park because I got a new book and was reading it and then my neighbor Frank helped with my tablet and—” “Slow down,” Sadie cautioned and held up a hand. The overexcited teen in front of her inhaled, holding… Continue reading Short Story: The Frog and the Book
The Written Vixen 