If you’ve ever considered going back to school for your Master’s Degree in Creative Writing, grab the Portable MFA first. The introduction alone is worth the cost of the book. I’ve been tossing around the idea of going back to school for years. I took a class once. The teacher pulled me aside one day [...]
So I went a little crazy buying books the other day. It happens every now and again. I have bookshelves jam packed with writing books. Some of them, like Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott, are fantastic. Others, not so great. However, I am hopeful my newest acquisitions are top notch. In a quest to [...]
Grab a pen and paper and make a list of the things you’re going to do today or tomorrow. My list for today looks something like this: Finish client report Clean kitchen Finish laundry Take kids shopping for school supplies Revise 3 chapters and add new elements to chapter 1 and 3. (I live an [...]
Personally, I’m a pen and paper gal. I’ve tried a number of various, and truly wonderful, applications and software products. However, each time I try to get with the times, I end up coming back to good old pen and paper. This is true for my fiction writing, boy do the words flow onto the [...]
Published by Writers Digest books a year ago last month, The Fire In Fiction follows up Maass’s prior and notable book Writing The Breakout Novel. While I enjoyed Writing The Breakout Novel, The Fire In Fiction resonates with me much more. Perhaps it’s the writing stage I’m at now, having been a fiction writer for [...]
Yesterday, I posted a video from the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Check it out if you didn’t get a chance to see it. (They’re my fav!) Anyway, you may have been scratching your head and thinking, “Oh boy this is one of those kinds of blogs.” (You know the kind where folks blog for their [...]
Welcome to the Make A Living Writing Romance Blog! Thank you very much for visiting. Make a Living Writing Romance is devoted to helping the aspiring romance writer do more than put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard, when the occasional mood strikes. The goal is to help you take regular and consistent action [...]
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