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Tag: writing blog
Checking in
Hello friends, How are you today? What projects are you working on? What pressing things about 2024 are affecting your writing or reading world lately? Here's mine: If you can take some time, I would love to hear more about you, and what kind of articles, questions, or other content you'd like to see most… Continue reading Checking in
I did it!!
I finished my YA historical novella!!! 68, 832 words!!! It's a draft, and I don't plan to revise it. In fact, today I'm working on outlining an old steampunk witchcraft romance novel, but, nonetheless I am so happy to have completed another writing project!! Since I re-started working on it back in April, I added… Continue reading I did it!!
Announcements
Dear friends, I have converted this website to a .com, and now it will be cskinnaird.com, rather than cskinnaird.wordpress.com. I have also gotten rid of ads, which I know are so prevalent these days on every website, and very annoying. I hope that this will increase the readership and enjoyment of this website. If you… Continue reading Announcements
Writing Unpredictable Characters
Dear readers and writers, I've been studying the topic of writing unpredictable characters lately, because I'm stuck on a section of my YA historical novel draft. I was really hoping to have the draft done by November so I can spend NaNoWriMo revising or drafting a different novel, but...here we are in almost mid-October now,… Continue reading Writing Unpredictable Characters
Painful Writing Lessons
Good morning, all! I'm excited to share a resource with you, which I just found. Cian Traynor on Memo'd explores the most painful lessons in creative writing. Here is a sample: There will be times when your mind goes blank, when writing is the last thing you want to do. But your pet project will still be… Continue reading Painful Writing Lessons
New Content for 2021!
Good afternoon my friends, How are you today? I wanted to start this year off right, and since we're still in February, I thought it would be a good time to ask you: What do you want to see on this blog more? In the past I've had readers respond wanting more book reviews, more… Continue reading New Content for 2021!
Question to My Readers, Visitors, Followers…Lurkers?
Dear friends, whether you be readers, visitors, followers or lurkers ;), I have a question for you: What would you like to see on this blog in the new year? I see that there's been a lot of enthusiasm for certain posts, such as my Artist's Way posts one, two, and three, or my posts… Continue reading Question to My Readers, Visitors, Followers…Lurkers?
The Internal Story
While my follow up to my post on cliche is coming soon, I wandered into this amazing article on Writer Unboxed. The articles on WU are usually amazing, however, this one particularly struck me, because it spoke to my current struggle in my current WIP 2nd draft. Right now I am working on a 500… Continue reading The Internal Story
Writing Your Truth(s), Part 1
This is a topic that has been and is greatly intriguing to me, especially since I read Brenda Ueland's If You Want To Write. I plan to review her book within the next couple of days and to write more about this topic, just thoughts, soon. For now though, I have this little interview with… Continue reading Writing Your Truth(s), Part 1
Typing Madly 