by lzadmin | Apr 5, 2015 | Reading & Writing
One picture says a 1000 words. A luxury writers do not have. However writers have been known to get an idea to two from gazing at works of art. So in a silly effort to merge the two here are eleven famous paintings that describe the writing life. ...
by lzadmin | Mar 8, 2015 | Reading & Writing
The historical fiction I’m currently writing required extensive research on castles. And it struck me—somewhere between the first and second drafts—that the act of writing a novel shares many similarities with the parts of a castle. The MOAT is a writer’s...
by lzadmin | Jan 4, 2015 | Reading & Writing
Nothing feels better than words flying from brain to fingers to page! Bliss, yes? But it doesn’t always work that way. Sometimes for optimum writing flow we need the help of all the seven inspiration dwarfs…because, you know, ” hi ho , ho ho,...
by lzadmin | Nov 23, 2014 | Reading & Writing
Or How to Carve Out Time for Writing When You Have a Day Job! Oh, and it’s not JUST writing your novel! Building a social media platform and blogging gobbles up time as well! So in the honor of Thanksgiving, this blog is dedicated to the many thankful ways this...
by lzadmin | Oct 28, 2014 | Reading & Writing
Standing in front of candy-filled shelves is a good place to contemplate, because therein lies every writer’s story. A WRITER’S TALE Once upon a time, you heard the of your friends upon announcing you were writing a novel. They didn’t...