Write at Your Own Pace

One thing I’ve learned about writing and blogging over the past few years, is that working at my own pace is imperative. I’ve read countless articles and blog posts about time management in writing sessions. I’ve read about scheduling this, pencling in that, even charting exactly what tasks to do at exactly what time as…

A Seasoned Author’s Tips On Handling Criticism!

Sometimes I think of reviews and critique, be it negative or positive, as being suggestive ingredients of sorts for my next creation. Like my writing/books is actually a four course meal. I’ve shopped, prepped, marinated, mixed, chopped, fried, blended, and baked until I’m utterly exhausted. I feel like the food is as perfect as I…

A Writers Story and Advice – Guest Post, by Lisa Reynolds

I have Lisa Reynolds with the Culture Vulture Express blog here with an inspiring guest post on writing! I love Lisa’s blog, it’s always so full of interesting and uplifting content. Today Lisa will share her writer’s back story, her books/projects, as well as some excellent advice for writers! (If you’d like to be considered for a…

Now Accepting Guest Posts #submissions #welcome

I’m so excited to be accepting guest posts! My door is officially open. If you’re a writer who has anything helpful to share about your personal journey and/or career, be it encouragement or even writing tips and tricks, then please… be my guest! I’m also a big fan of general inspiration!  If your story tugs at my…

Six Step Improvement Exercises To Benefit Any Writer #theconscioustalk

Writers come in all forms. From inexperienced to extraordinary, covering every topic or genre imaginable– plus some. No matter what the topic at hand, there is a person who can write it. Then there is a person who can write it better. Whether we’re new to the vicious literary game of outdoing one another, or if we’re perfectly…

Writing Grief Stricken Characters

Writing a character that’s processing some sort of grief can be a very delicate situation. On one hand you don’t want your manuscript to be so completely depressing that it turns your readers off, yet on the other hand you want to do right by your character and portray their emotions properly. The best way to execute this, is…