Inspirational Journeys Presents: The Four Ps of Writing: Positive Mistakes, Protected time: Platform and Process

Hello everyone in the blogosphere: Last night, I had a fabulous conversation with Tish Bouvier on her Write Coffee Repeat podcast about the three Ps of writing. In my short summary episode, I discussed these aspects of the writing life and added a bonus aspect, which we didn’t mention, yet is the most part of … Read more

Original Poem: Becca’s Song of Hope

Imprisoned in my fear and doubt, My emotions claw their way out I’m breaking free from the prison of my past The chains that bind me, God’s plan will outlast My will to survive and push forward In my quest for the hidden truth I will lean on God’s word He shall free me from … Read more

Original Poem: Creative Solitude

This afternoon, I sat out on my front porch, also known as my thinking spot. As I sat listening to my chimes and singing from my heart, I thought about the joy of sitting outside in creative solitude, thus the poem below was born. Solitude, The quiet of a mid-Spring/early summer afternoon The chimes sing, … Read more

Inspirational Journeys Presents: 3 Tips for Repurposing Dump Scenes in your Writing

To all you fiction writers out in the blogosphere, here are three things you can do to repurpose your dumped scenes; Dump your scenes in groups, according to a side character’s POV or a plot sequence. For example, if you have four scenes with one of your secondary characters, group them together, so you can … Read more

#InspirationalJourneys Presents #30DayWritingChallenge: Day 1 writing prompt: Animals

Hello everyone in the blogosphere. In today’s episode of Inspirational Journeys, I cover quite a few things. First of all, I share some exciting publishing news. I’ll be resetting the price of Maggie’s Gravy Train adventure. From now on, I will make the book Free so that moms, dads, older siblings and other family members … Read more

Important Character Interview with Dianna Peabody, My Victim in A Journey of Faith

Hello everybody in the blogosphere. Today I have a character interview with a victim who was killed in a supposed accident, sixteen years before A Journey of Faith was set. I feel that this interview is important, because the answers to my questions will help to move the story forward. So, without further ado, I’d … Read more

Discoveries I made during a Character Interview

Hello everyone, Today I have a very special character interview with Becca Martin from A Journey of Faith: A Stepping Stones Mystery. Most of these questions can be found at: https://writerswrite.co.za/15-questions-authors-should-ask-characters/?fbclid=IwAR2KMwQbf2IXQ4SaiKqwlIIIGEbPzurvSVmomQF9f-hY45r_jn8TqSgaTT0 Please note, some of the answers to the questions below have led to more questions. Be sure to click on the article linked above … Read more

Camp NaNoWriMo Prep

Hello everyone in the blogosphere. Camp NaNoWriMo is almost here and in today’s episode of #InspirationalJourneys, I talk about what changes I’ve seen on exthe NaNoWriMo site in preparation for Camp NaNoWriMo. I also help get you geared up to set your own writing goals for the months of April and July. Come on over … Read more

Character conversation with Becca Martin from A Journey of Faith and Kelly Dobson from Inner Vision

Hello everyone in the blogosphere, Today I have a special post that doesn’t contain a podcast episode. That’s right, I’m doing another one of my character conversation/interviews. This time I have a special treat for you! Becca Martin from A Journey of Faith, which is in the editing phase now, is joined by none other … Read more

Song of the day: Write Your Story by Francesca Battistelli

Here’s a song for all you writers out there! Connect with me on social media: https://www.facebook.com/annwritesinspiration Tweets by annwrites75 Subscribe to my podcast: And subscribe to my YouTube Channel and hit the notification bell to be alerted when I post new videos: https://www.youtube.com/user/annsmusic1 Fill out the contact form below if you’d like to receive my … Read more

Inspirational Journeys Presents: Celebrating two milestones and my goals for 2020

Hello everyone in the blogosphere and welcome to new followers. Today I have three bits of news to share. And these news worthy items are actually milestones in my writing career. The first of these milestones is as follows: I became a patron of my friend Jen Lowry’s Writing Warriors for Jesus patreon page. The … Read more

Inspirational Journeys Presents: NaNoWriMo Week 1

Welcome to week 1 of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). In today’s podcast episode I share my writing/revising/rewriting progress and give you tips and encouragement to stay motivated during the rest of the month. As for my word count so far, I’m at 4435 and I plan to get at least another thousand or so … Read more

Inspirational Journeys Presents: NaNoWriMo Prep Talk

Hello Bloggers and WriMos in the blogosphere, First of all, I’d like to welcome all my new followers over the past few months! Thanks for stopping by the blog, may my posts, podcast episodes, and YouTube videos be entertaining and valuable to you in your author/blogging journey. There are four days until NaNoWriMo starts on … Read more

Original Poetry: The Joy of NaNoWriMo

Hello wordsmiths, Wrimos, storytellers and writing gurus, Today I have a poem I wrote to get you geared up for NaNoWriMo, which starts in fifteen days! Enjoy my tribute to this exciting challenge for novice and expert writers alike. Happy plotting, pantsing, plantsing and writing. Huts, Ann November has been set aside for national novel … Read more

7 Tips for writing Convincing Dialogue

Hello everyone in the blogosphere, In Today’s post and podcast episode, I give seven tips for using dialogue to enhance your character and plot development in your story. Listen to my podcast at the following link for a breakdown of each of the key points discussed here: Why is dialogue important in the development of … Read more

Inspirational Journeys Presents: The Three-act Story Structure

Hello everyone, In today’s blog post and podcast episode, we’ll discuss the three-act story structure. Before we get started, I want to ask you a couple of important questions. You don’t have to answer them now, but I want you to think about them as you read and listen. What is story structure? Why should … Read more

Inspirational Journeys Presents: 3 Recommended Twitter Chats for Writers

In today’s podcast episode I recommend three Twitter chats for writers. Log onto Twitter and search for the following hashtags, before the chats take place to learn more about them: WHAT? #MCChat WHEN? Tuesdays at 9 PM Eastern #MCChat is a Twitter chat where writers answer questions posed by the host in the voice of … Read more

Inspirational Journeys Presents: 8 Content Marketing Ideas for your Blog

The content marketing ideas I discuss in today’s podcast episode are as follows: Number 1: Keeping your readers abreast of your writing process Number 2: Book lists and recommendations with purchase links Number 3: Run an Occasional Contest Number 4: Author Interviews/Guest Posts Number 5: Reader Q&A Number 6: Link to your favorite writing music … Read more