Paranormal Mystery, Suspense
Yep, I'm in that building stage. Hi everyone! I realize the periods between writing new posts on my blog have become longer and longer, especially now that I'm writing the third installment of the Simone Doucet Series. I love this space and should make better use of it in 2023. So, I'll strive to post… Continue reading Time To Write
Yoo-hoo?! Hey, I got lost again in my writing, reading, and research. Thought I'd pop in and see what everyone's up to. I'm excited the autumn season is quickly approaching. I can literally smell pumpkin lattes, colorful foliage in the air, and feel a crisp breeze on my face. As a young girl, I loved… Continue reading Smells Like Autumn
Stream of Consciousness Blue light haloes me in the cocooning dark A moth to the screen Hair aflutter, legs gooseflesh As a whir scours the void from the corner, steel teeth whispering, Spewing cool breezes, white noise against a feverish torrent Coursing through fingers beating furious insect tentacles on lit keys Pounding words in the… Continue reading Stream of Consciousness
“Write What You Know.” That’s not always easy when you’re writing a historical fiction piece taking place centuries ago, revolving around an indigenous people. A life I’ve never lived, people I’ve never met, and terrain I’ve never walked. I have to say writing book one of my trilogy Twilight Ends: Keepers of the Gate, was… Continue reading Plotter, Pantser, And Paranormal Historical Fiction
Creatives are besieged with pervasive, societal woes during a chaotic pandemic making it challenging to focus, center anxiousness bordering their creative consciousness. One would believe a lockdown garners more time to concentrate on writing projects, prolific hours of writing, perhaps for some, but not for everyone. One can find means to temper noise muting creativeness.… Continue reading Writers’ Podcasts
It’s been over a month since my last post. I took a necessary break from blogging to work on my current novel. Work-life balance has been a struggle as I’m certain many of you battle, especially for writers with a full-time job. I’ve had to relinquish minor facets of daily life and concentrate just on… Continue reading WIP Update
Yoohoo! Is everyone still there? I'm coming up for air for just a moment to say "Hello" to my lovely WordPress, Facebook, and Twitter Community. I hope everyone is enjoying October! For the last few weeks, my mind plunged into writing my current WIP and has remained immersed. Little by little, I'm making steady… Continue reading An Autumn Pause
Recently, a friend, who is not a writer, stated, "As long as you have a laptop, you can write anywhere." I raised my eyebrows, ready to retort, ARE YOU SERIOUS, but closed my agape mouth, assuming this is a common sentiment. Of course, one can write anywhere. We see people write in cafes, coffee shops,… Continue reading Can One Write Anywhere at Any Time?
Today’s guest post is excerpted from How to Write a Page Turner (Writer’s Digest Books) by Jordan Rosenfeld (@JordanRosenfeld). If we wrote novels that were hyper-accurate to the “real lives” of our characters—even those that populate fantasy and science fiction novels—they would be thousands of pages long and span a series too big to fit… via… Continue reading 8 Mundane Elements You Should Cut From Your Story — Jane Friedman
What have I been up to? Well, I've been working on another novel. My work in progress is a Paranormal Historical Fiction set in my favorite part of the country, Geneva New York. I'd spent my college years in this region which brims with history and natural beauty. Geneva sits at the northern tip of… Continue reading Where Past and Present Meets
E. Denise Billups, Author 