"Change is eminent, control is an illusion, but dreams are eternal. Believe in your dreams." — Greg Smith
#writing #BrendaBarker #writinglife #dreams #writingcommunity
31.10.2025 17:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Setting is a powerful element. Where your novel takes place should be specific. And it should make sense in terms of your story in a logical way.
#writing #setting #writingtips #writingcommunity
31.10.2025 17:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Don’t Let the Publishing Industry Get You Down (It Happens to the Best of Us) lithub.com/dont-let-the...
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31.10.2025 16:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Brenda Barker's Next Chapter - Pre-order: tinyurl.com/3yma47m7 "Full of humor & leading with a writer’s heart, Tokunaga’s latest will make readers believe that the Brenda in all of us also deserves our own happily ever after." —Margo Candela, author of The Neapolitan Sisters
31.10.2025 16:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
No matter what the genre, every novel needs suspense. Delay any sense of resolution as long as you can to keep your reader reading. Give her the feeling of enjoyable uncertainty and anticipation. #writing #writingtips #suspense #WritingCommunity
31.10.2025 16:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Why "Start With the Action" Messes Up So Many Writers (If you don’t know what “action” means in fiction, you can easily misunderstand how to use it.) blog.janicehardy.com/2015/07/why-... #writing #writingtips #novels #writingcommunity
31.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Having a writing community can be a great help, but in the end, writing a novel is a solitary experience. You need to have the discipline to make the time, sit down and write your book. #writing #writinglife #writingcommunity #perseverance #BrendaBarker
31.10.2025 15:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“I tell my students there is such a thing as ‘writer’s block’ and they should respect it. You shouldn’t write through it. It’s blocked because it ought to be blocked, because you haven’t got it right now.” — Toni Morrison #writing #authors #quotes #writersblock #WritingCommunity
31.10.2025 15:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Waiting for Inspiration To Stike: A Writer's Dilemma: writersinthestormblog.com/2025/10/wait...
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"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams." — Ralph Waldo Emerson #writing #dreams #writinglife #BrendaBarker #quotes #writingcommunity
31.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“I tell my students there is such a thing as ‘writer’s block’ and they should respect it. You shouldn’t write through it. It’s blocked because it ought to be blocked, because you haven’t got it right now.” — Toni Morrison #writing #authors #quotes #writersblock #WritingCommunity
30.10.2025 16:01 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Why "Start With the Action" Messes Up So Many Writers (If you don’t know what “action” means in fiction, you can easily misunderstand how to use it.) blog.janicehardy.com/2015/07/why-...
#writing #writingtips #novels #writingcommunity
30.10.2025 15:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
No matter what the genre, every novel needs suspense. Delay any sense of resolution as long as you can to keep your reader reading. Give her the feeling of enjoyable uncertainty and anticipation. #writing #writingtips #suspense #WritingCommunity
30.10.2025 15:30 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"Change is eminent, control is an illusion, but dreams are eternal. Believe in your dreams." — Greg Smith
#writing #BrendaBarker #writinglife #dreams #writingcommunity
30.10.2025 15:15 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Prologues that Work and Why: janefriedman.com/prologues-th...
#writing #novels #writingtips #prologues #writingcommunity
30.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
5 Ways Repetition Hurts Your Novel: How to spot and fix those sneaky repetitions that weaken your prose. blog.janicehardy.com/2018/06/5-wa... #writing #editing #repetition #writingcommunity
29.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Don’t Let the Publishing Industry Get You Down (It Happens to the Best of Us) lithub.com/dont-let-the...
#writing #writinglife #publishing #writingcommunity
29.10.2025 15:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Setting is a powerful element. Where your novel takes place should be specific. And it should make sense in terms of your story in a logical way.
#writing #setting #writingtips #writingcommunity
29.10.2025 15:30 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
"Don't be pushed by your problems. Be led by your dreams." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
#writing #dreams #writinglife #BrendaBarker #quotes #writingcommunity
29.10.2025 15:15 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Waiting for Inspiration To Stike: A Writer's Dilemma: writersinthestormblog.com/2025/10/wait...
#writing #writinglife #inspiration #writingcommunity
29.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Having a writing community can be a great help, but in the end, writing a novel is a solitary experience. You need to have the discipline to make the time, sit down and write your book.
#writing #writinglife #writingcommunity #perseverance #BrendaBarker
28.10.2025 16:00 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
“All Others”: The Memoir Writers Who Keep Going janefriedman.com/all-others-t...
#writing #memoir #perseverance #writinglife #writingcommunity
28.10.2025 15:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Create with the heart; build with the mind.” —Criss Jami
#writing #writinglife #motivation #quotes #writingcommunity
28.10.2025 15:30 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
"We spend endless hours talking about how to start a book—how to find the spark, make schedules, and sustain momentum. But almost no one talks about how to finish one. How to let go. writerunboxed.com/2025/10/28/t...
#writing #writinglife #novels #writingcommunity
28.10.2025 15:15 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Brenda Barker's Next Chapter
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Brenda Barker's Next Chapter - Pre-order: tinyurl.com/3yma47m7 "Full of humor & leading with a writer’s heart, Tokunaga’s latest will make readers believe that the Brenda in all of us also deserves our own happily ever after." —Margo Candela, author of The Neapolitan Sisters
28.10.2025 15:00 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Querying Tips from RevPit Editors. "Avoid being too vague. Instead of saying 'a threat' or 'the past,' tell us what the actual danger is. Especially when that danger is unique to your characters." Madelyn Knecht
More advice on stakes in your query letter! #RevPit #amquerying #writersky #writersofbluesky
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RevPit Editors. "Don't over-promise expected emotions by using words like hilarious, laugh-out-loud, heart-wrenching. Show your humor and emotions with your writing. Don't tell the agent what to expect. It's a query, not a blurb." Carly Hayward.
More sage wisdom from the #RevPit editors #10Queries #amwriting #amquerying
15.10.2025 19:53 — 👍 47 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0
Healing Fiction—With Cats! hayward.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...
#writing #reading #healingfiction #cats #books #writingcommunity
17.10.2025 17:01 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” —Robert Louis Stevenson
#writing #quotes #BrendaBarker #secondchance #motivation #writingcommunity
17.10.2025 16:45 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Analyze First Lines to Write Openings Your Readers Will Love: writersinthestormblog.com/2025/10/anal...
#writing #writingtips #beginnings #novels #writingcommunity
17.10.2025 16:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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