Divergence And A Writer’s Life
As 2024 rolls away, it is still not playing out as I hoped it would. It is a different…
February 28, 2024As 2024 rolls away, it is still not playing out as I hoped it would. It is a different…
February 28, 2024Like most people, I entered the new year with high hopes and great expectations. Last year was a mixed…
January 28, 2024Writers Chat, hosted by Johnnie Alexander, Brandy Brow, and Melissa Stroh, is the show where we talk about all…
December 30, 2023Writers Chat, hosted by Jean Wise, Johnnie Alexander, and Brandy Brow, is the show where we talk about all…
July 31, 2023Whether you write professionally or simply want to publish your first novelette, your success depends on more than just…
April 10, 2023Writers Chat, hosted by Jean Wise, Johnnie Alexander, and Brandy Brow, is the show where we talk about all…
February 18, 2023Beginning a new year tends to motivate people to get organized, start new projects, or finish ones they’ve ignored…
January 27, 2023Why do you write? Do you have a theme, message, or goal for your books? I feel called, compelled,…
January 19, 2023Hiking can quickly change from breathtaking scenery to a breathtaking fall. We have to watch our steps in order…
November 27, 2018The words empathy and sympathy often cause confusion. I know first hand. I used empathy in another blog post…
July 18, 2018Anger comes in many shades, from miffed to murderous. Each shade looks and feels different. When a person is…
November 20, 2017Have you ever noticed how some authors tend to focus too much on writing certain fiction elements, yet ignore…
October 9, 2017My favorite canine writer, Snoopy of Peanuts fame, received a boatload of rejection slips in his pursuit of a…
July 26, 2017Hey guys, I wanted to kick this whole thing off by welcoming you to the ranks. (Though I’m sure…
July 23, 2017This month at Grammar and Grace we’re studying adjectives. Adjectives are words that tell something about a noun or…
July 18, 2017I am a binge writer. I always have been, and I probably always will be. What is a binge writer you…
July 3, 2017As languages go, English is fairly young. It’s been about 1400 years since the Anglo-Saxons imported English into Great…
June 27, 2017A pronoun is a word that can take the place of a noun in a sentence which means…
June 17, 2017A number of grammatical faux pas can be attributed to faulty hearing. I’m not implying that any of you…
May 27, 2017This time we’ll discuss nouns. Nouns can be common or proper. A common noun is a person, place, or…
May 18, 2017This may seem hard to believe, but How often don’t you ask a rhetorical question. One that you…
April 27, 2017Because spellcheck, wonderful as it may be, doesn’t catch words used improperly … And because the English language…
March 27, 2017Last time, I introduced the eight parts of speech. This time, we’ll focus on verbs. I’m beginning with the…
March 17, 2017If you’ve been in the industry long enough then you probably know by now that the writer’s life is…
March 8, 2017I read a statement once that stuck with me: All comedy has humor, but not all humor is comedy.…
February 26, 2017