Blog posts about the art and science of writing
Ok, so, you want to take the plunge and get Scrivener. Good choice, I approve. It’s a gamechanger. But the programme for your Mac or PC is $50 for Mac, $45 for Windows, and $80 for both (unless you won NaNo and got the discount code) and the app for iOS is $20. Ouch, I …
History The tradition seems to date back to the 17th century, during the Age of Exploration, when the sea was teeming with ships and sailors, crisscrossing the globe in search of gold, exotic goods, land, and less respectable trade, such as slaves. What happened The ceremonies themselves had a wide variety of events, ranging from …
One word: STREAMLINE Two years ago, I found out about the One Word trend, where you choose a word to be your focus for the coming year. I did not achieve my goal last year, for a variety of reasons, so this year, I’m hoping that I can accomplish a new one, and perhaps the …
If you have been around here on my blog for a while, you’ll know that I published my two fairy tale retelling novels almost a year ago, exclusively for Kindle. I had a bunch of -I think- rational reasons for not wanting to publish in hardcopy, but the people kept asking. So here’s the breakdown …
Hey there, Misfits! It has been some time since I penned a blog post. Mostly, I’ve been super busy, I’ve been travelling, I’ve been celebrating my birthday, and also trying to overcome some challenges in my personal life. And also because secretly, I really hate blogging. But anyway, enough moaning. I’m here this morning to …
This month, we’re looking into inspiration, how it influences my writing, and how you can use it to best effect.
The Deathly Hallows. The One Ring. The Heart of Te Fiti. One of the funnest things about diving into a good story is getting to explore the culture or cultures, and one of the most important part of culture is lore.
The practice of writing is an arcane and and mysterious art. The muse is fickle, the tap is sluggish, and the struggle is real. So, what do we writers do to keep the wheels turning–or get then going to start with?
Dialogue can be a tricky thing. The trend is against words like, ‘declared’ and ‘answered,’ but writing, ‘said’ too many times can be just as stifling and boring. So what do you do to inject some life into the scene? Action tags may be the answer.
Last year, a big trend was the One Word Challenge, where we chose one word to define the coming year. I chose Focus because I had so much that I wanted to do, and my life was so chaotic that I felt I really needed to buckle down if I ever wanted to get off …
This Jane Austen blog brings Jane Austen, her novels, and the Regency Period alive through food, dress, social customs, and other 19th C. historical details related to this topic.
Country House History - people and places
Prayers to the Gods of Olympus
Polytheist Witch & Tea Brewer
Natural Korean beauty, hand-picked with love
Viewpoints of a Gaulish Polytheist
ANCESTRAL FOOD. HERBAL WISDOM. MAGICAL COOKERY. SEASONAL CELEBRATION.
Black Mariners
Concerning History in the Atlantic World, 1680-1740
Sarah Zama's Author Blog - Historical Fantasy Set in the 1920s
A Brythonic Polytheist Blog
Lit Fox
Welcome to the Adventure
Spiritual Journeys in Tending the Land, Permaculture, Wildcrafting, and Regenerative Living
Please don't feed the dragon.
A blog about writing, food, witchcraft, and science.
A daily selection of the best content published on WordPress, collected for you by humans who love to read.
