via Inventing Names for Your Characters When I invent names for my characters, I try to keep the names simple, so my readers can promounce them, and so I can remember them. Does anyone else have a different approach to comeing up with inventive names for your characters?
Here’s a little story for you to enjoy, written by my friend and fellow author, Paul White. Please leave your thoughts in the comments below. via Mr Harrington
via Changing Up Your Writing Routine Could Solve Your Biggest Creative Problem Having a strict writing routine doesn’t always work for me. Whe I want to sit down and write or edit, I sometimes get bogged down. However, I can be reading a book that’s totally unrelated to what I’m writing, and I get inspired, and … Read more
via Promoting yourself Please take these tips and put them in your writing and publishing tool box. I know I will.
I have a new image for my little Electric Eclectic book called Maggie’s Gravy Train Adventure. Let me know what you think in the comments, or simply with a like, if you really like it.
Good evening everyone! How are y’all doing on this frigid night? Listen, I have the seed of an idea planted in my brain, and I want to hear from you. Before you laugh at my crazy idea, let me explain. I was listening to a podcast, and thinking about the skydiving landing pages I have … Read more
This book review was inspired by Wandering Soul Writer’s book review of Shadow in the Mirror. As I was looking for that particular book, I came acress this fabous mystery/romance. Lizzy wakes up one morning, looks in the mirror as she’s drying her hair, after taking a hot shower, and sees a different face. As … Read more
In the past few days, a recurring thought has made its way back into my mind. When I hear a familiar song for the first time in a long while, there’s something about that song that sometimes hits a specific nerve, and makes me either love it, or feel inspired by it. Sometimes I can … Read more
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It is my pleasure to introduce my guest author Blaque Diamond. She has kindly asked me to share the following poem with you. Her bio and website follow the powem. Please feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below, or contact her via her website. Without further ado, Please make welcome, Blaque Diamond! … Read more
Over the past few days, I was thinking a lot about the crazy thoughts and ideas that get stuck in my head. If you get a song stuck in your head, that’s called an earworm. There are numerous ways to get rid of the unwanted songs in your head, but there are those you want … Read more
Sandra W. Burch is an award-winning poet and the author of the Seaside Series. Her work has appeared in over a dozen venues, including Piker Press, Torrid Literature Journal, Best New Poems, Room magazine and Page & Spine. She is an editor with Revival Waves Publishing. You can visit her at www.sandrawburch.yolasite.com and connect with … Read more
Hello everyone, Have you ever wanted something so bad that you could almost taste it, or prayed for something so hard that you could almost feel it? Well, I’ve been praying for a writing job, for two reasons. Reason number one, to supplement my fixed income, and number two, to use my God given talent … Read more
I just finished a book entitled Things We Keep, by Sally Hepworth, and it was an amazing book. The narrators who read the book for the NLS talking book program, were finominal! I highly suggest that you get this book on audio book, ebook. or in print. It’s hard to put down, and it’s a … Read more
Hey folks, I have some exciting news to share with you! I just appeared as a guest author for the first time in my incredible career as an author. Listen to my interview on the friends of Kevin radio show at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/friendsofkevinradioshow/2016/09/26/ann-harrison–author . Please leave your feedback in the comments.
Hello everyone, My main character, Becca Martin from A Journey of Faith, has an announcement to make. Take it away Becca. Hello everyone, My story called A Journey of Faith: A Stepping Stones Mystery is coming soon in paperback and ebook formats. Remember how I told you a little about myself in my interview with … Read more
Hello everybody, I promised that I’d post the short story that was inspired by a dream I had yesterday, well here it is. Feedback in either the comments section or via the How to contact me page is welcome. A Magical Rain I sat on my bed, wishing I could go back home to … Read more
Today I am here to review a very long, but very good anthology that I finished a few days ago. This book is called The Black Lizard big Book of Pulps, and it was edited by Otto Penzler. Although this talking book was over 75 hours long, the stories, novellas and the full length novel … Read more
Hello everybody, Ann Here with some good news, and a question for my readers. First of all, the news. I am over halfway to the NaNoWriMo finish. I have reached over 33k words so far, and I’m slowly but surely pushing my way to the finish. Now for my question. When you read a book, … Read more
Yeah, you read right! Hey everyone, it’s me again with another NaNoWriMo update. Today is only the fifth of November, and a hot one I might add, but I am proud to share some exciting news with you. I’m already up to 13783 words, and I have already written the ending to my novel. The … Read more