Tag: writing tips

4 Tips For Making the Most Of Your Writing Sessions

Whether you’re writing a blog post or a book, staying focused during a writing session is not easy. It is easy to check this and check that, frittering away valuable writing time. Most of us have other responsibilities, so it matters how you use the time you have to write. Prioritize your projects or steps within a project. Sometimes it’s easy to get sidetracked with less important projects or even aspects of a project and use all your writing time for that. I can have this problem when I’m having issues with my main WIP or I’m facing a more […]

10 Things I’ve Learned About Writing a Novel in a Month

Writing a book in a month is like a crush and a high-speed car chase with a Fast & Furious-worthy explosion at the end – on drugs. After a much-needed break this summer doing some fun things (including popping around Portside, er, Newport) and working on a side project, I start drafting book three of The Belinda & Bennett Mysteries, Drive-Bye, today! I draft my books in a month. I don’t know why, but I’ve found it works best for me. And these are ten things I’ve learned about this crazy awesome way of writing a book. 1. Get excited. […]

Guest Post From YA Mystery Author Jade Varden: Where Do You Get New Ideas?

Many mystery authors start at the end of the story and work their way to the beginning from there, because it’s helpful if you know who the killer is before you start to write. But this sort of reverse storytelling can be taxing…especially when the idea well is running dry. The Mystery of the Good Idea Where do you get your ideas? This is a question every author is going to have to answer, and sometimes the answer is I don’t know. Ideas come out of nowhere for many authors. A TV show, a song, even a single word might […]