Before reading the post with today’s featured author for THE GROWING WRITER, be sure to enter Vanessa Riley’s contest at https://contest.io/c/fgyq1nkx. This contest will be going on for the Month of May. Now let’s see what Vanessa has to say about dealing with our writing sins. What Are Your Writing Sins? by Vanessa Riley If a list of [...]
In the years that I’ve been writing and promoting my four books, I’ve learned a thing or two about the writing industry and what authors should expect: Expect change. The literary world is constantly changing. Gone are the days when someone should wait around until a publishing house decides to take a chance on your [...]
In 2006, I entered that year with a deep desire for change. During my journal writing time, I started to write scenes. My curiosity grew and the scenes became chapters and after several stops and starts, a story had grown into a novel. I knew by the time I finished my first novel that a [...]
Work That Muscle by Rhonda Bowen When my second novel came out, a friend of mine asked me how much I paid the elves in my basement to write it, which was really his facetious way of asking, when do I find time to write. It was a valid question for me and probably is for many [...]
When did you begin to realize you wanted to write? I started writing on a dare I made with myself. I wanted to see if I could write an engaging story. After I finished my first novel, the stories began flowing and haven’t stopped. That was seven years ago. How many books have you written [...]
In my new book, The Unlikely Remnant, I introduce readers to a character named Chad Donohue. Chad is a 40-something, White, Southern-born, Midwest-bred, Harvard-educated, ultra-conservative and racist talk show host. Yikes! Chad is the most challenging character I’ve ever written. This is likely because I love to play inside a character’s head. I want to [...]
Before reading the post with today’s featured author for THE GROWING WRITER, be sure to enter Vanessa Riley’s contest at https://contest.io/c/fgyq1nkx. This contest will be going on for the Month of May. Now let’s see what Vanessa has to say about dealing with our writing sins. What Are Your Writing Sins? by Vanessa Riley If a list of [...]
Bring my soul out of prison, that I may praise thy name: the righteous shall compass me about; for thou shalt deal bountifully with me-Psalm 142:7. Walls, chains, bars, and doors lock behind me as the guard walks away with the key to my freedom. This cold, dreary, isolated, dark place that I speak of [...]
Jesus spoke of many things after his resurrection that included instructions that are still to be carried out today. The Great Commission to Go and Teach is in Matthew 28:19-20. “Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them [...]
Do you want to blog, but you find the task daunting? No fears! A great blogging option is when a group of writers or bloggers unite together to create a community blog. These are known as group-authored blogs. Each contributing writer can be assigned one day a week (or month) to add a blog post. Often [...]
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