This week’s MFRA 52 Week Blog Challenge top is Gift Getting – What I Always Wanted, but Not Very Much. I appreciate that some people give gifts not because they expect something in return, but because they’re trying to be nice, but personally, I don’t care much for gifts. As a child I had no…
Category: MFRW 52-Week Blog Challenge
Dealing with Allergies #MFRWAuthor
I’ve always had seasonal allergies. A stuffy head and cough have ushered in springtime for as long as I can remember. I can’t say allergies make me suffer, but they do make me uncomfortable. What bothers me more than springtime allergies is winter dryness that didn’t affect me in my younger years, but is irritating…
Journals Helping Fiction #MFRWAuthor
Except for keeping a diary as a child, writing a joural for a college course, and another during a vacation to a few countries outside the US, I’ve never kept a journal. I don’t care much for writing in detail about what’s going on in my life. I prefer to keep “snapshots” of moments by…
Plotter With Pantser Tendencies #MFRWAuthor
We’re up to week 19 of the MFRA 52-Week Blog Challenge and this week’s topic is Plotter or Pantser, and Why? I’ve always used a loose outline for my books. I like to know where a story starts, how it ends, and several major plot points in between. For me it’s important to leave wiggle…
Wasted Time or Entertainment? #MFRWAuthor
For me, most apps are time savers. I use only basic ones to simplify and track daily tasks. I click on the app, do what I need to, and then get away from it. Show me a site with books, stories, or movies, though, and I can literally waste hours, except I don’t necessarily feel…
Inspired By #MFRWAuthor
Putting real people in stories, or more accurately writing characters inspired by real people, is a way to keep characters genuine and multi-layered. For me, characters are often reflections of interactions and experiences. Werewolves don’t exist, but my fictional pack leader will have traits of people I’ve seen and admired or even hated. The same…
The End is Really the Beginning – #MFRWAuthor
Whenever I type “the end,” I feel sadness, relief, and a sense of accomplishment. In reality, though, the end is just the beginning of the next stage of preparing a book for submission or publication. When I finish a first draft, I feel like I’ve made a recognizable shape out of a lump of clay,…
Staying Positive When Faced with Negative #MFRWAuthor
Bad reviews are a fact of life, not only in writing, but in just about every other job as well. Online, everyone from doctors to retail workers are rated and reviewed. Many businesses use surveys/customer feedback as a basis for pay raises and incentives. No one likes to hear that they are doing a “bad”…