Welcome to your Hall of Trophies. It must have been years since you’ve visited, and as you can imagine, your collection has grown quite a bit. Yes, we keep the lights dim, the climate carefully controlled. Each award is a valuable work of art–some made of 22K gold, a few studded with rare gems. My favorite ones, in the back, are
Author: Bryn Donovan
Romance story ideas should be based in conflict. Like Shakespeare said, “The course of true love never did run smooth.” Obstacles give your characters the chance to change and grow as people, and to prove how much they really do love each other. It also gives them interesting things to do! This is really a romance plot generator in list
A couple of times in the past, I’ve shared excerpts from a writing project in progress. Since some people reading this blog are writers themselves, I thought this time I’d try something different. I’m only going to share five sentences from the thing I’m working on – and I’m inviting you to share five sentences from your own work in the
This post contains Amazon affiliate links. I almost renamed this post “50 books that will make you think.” I know my readers probably aren’t worried about how to be smarter…they’re really smart already! But in this list, you might find books to expand your knowledge, which we’re all interested in doing. I usually take notes when I’m reading; it helps
I think “writer’s block” is a catch-all term for a lot of different ways we can get stuck with our writing. When you identify exactly what a problem is, you have a better chance of overcoming it. See if any of these sound familiar to you!
This is me when you invite me to a thing: And this is me the day of your thing: I’m getting better, though, because I’m tired of being anxious every time, and I refuse to be that person who flakes out and doesn’t show up at the last minute. Nobody likes that person! Actually, plenty of people like that person,
If you’re a paranormal or horror writer, an actual ghostbuster, or just exceptionally unlucky, you may need some creative ideas on how to banish ghosts and poltergeists, or exorcise or kill evil spirits and/or demons. Here are a bunch of ways I’ve read about to get the job done! Because there are so many different versions of folklore out there, you