Twitter is being a very big distraction for me today. Yesterday, I was super excited about my work-in-progress. I stayed off social media all day and ended up writing over 4,600 words. Then I had to go and tweet about it this morning. I got distracted by Twitter right away and then had to check all… Read More Twitter
I’ve been binge reading this January. I’ve read nine books so far: seven fantasy, one historical romance, and one romantic suspense (which I originally thought was mystery/suspense). You can check me out on Goodreads and be my friend if you want to know the titles of the books I read. I only plan to mention one of them by name in… Read More What Reading can Teach you about Writing
For a while now, a blur of thoughts have constantly been at the back of my mind. Is what I’m writing creative, original, unique? Is it special? What makes it worthy of being read and liked by others? Is it just another story that anyone could have invented and told? Since I’ve been reading modern… Read More Creativity and Originality
I was nominated for the Mystery Blogger Award by the witty, intelligent, and fun Aubrey Leaman, author of If Mermaids Wore Suspenders. Aubrey is much better at posting interesting and unique things than me, including classical music recommendations for specific books, story mashups that should happen, and quirky thoughts about literary characters like what they would wear… Read More Mystery Blogger Award
R.Q. Woodward 