Writing
Editor: Sylvia of A Purse Full of Cheerios
Research the Market
One of the most vital components of getting your work published is market knowledge. No matter what type of writing you do, you must know your markets. By learning what type of articles or stories your publication of choice is looking for you can adjust your work to fit their needs and requirements.
Giveaway Winner
Congratulations to Annie of Blooming Marvelous for winning our giveaway for The Elements of Style! Please email your shipping information to Sylvia{at}BlissfullyDomestic{dot}com.
Stay tuned for our next giveaway coming soon!
Book Giveaway
Last week we talked briefly about the importance of laying a strong foundation for our writing by brushing up on some simple rules of usage. There are many books available but many of us agreed that Strunk & White's book is among the best.
So this week one lucky reader will win their very own copy [...]
Upgrade Your Writing Style
There are so many books available nowadays that promise to improve your writing. When I first began writing seriously, I knew I had to brush up on my basics, so I did what anyone would do. I drove to Barnes & Noble. However, I soon realized that there were about as many books on writing [...]
National Novel Writing Month
November is National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). I am typically a freelance and children's writer. Not a novelist. I have thought about writing a novel many times only to end up talking myself out of it.
A Creative Community
Sometimes I read a post, and it thrills me, gives me shivers, or sends heat to my core. It feels like good writing. Sometimes 1o sentences can feel like a novel, saying so much with so little. Other times, the concrete details can make me taste a thing. Sometimes an old story is told in [...]
Curing Writer's Block
I could feel the thoughts, see the characters and hear their words in my head but I couldn't get them out. I would run to the computer with an incredible thought and by the time I sat down and typed a few words it was gone. It was incredibly frustrating.
Writing Daily and Finding Your Muse
The habit of daily writing can act like a sort of inventory, laying ideas down so we can see them for what they are, play with them in new ways, switch them up and weave them together. Our lives are full of reoccurring themes that we may never notice because they’re jumbled in the floor of our hearts.
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