Posts Tagged: marriage pact series

Writer’s Challenge #5 – FEAR

posted on 10/25/2012

With Halloween around the corner (and my house infested with creepy, itchy little fleas – UGH!), I wanted to spend some time talking about fear, and how writers can use fear in their work. For writers of horror, suspense and thrillers, the use of fear is not only overt, it’s an essential part of the […]

Writer’s Challenge #4 – Significance of October 12

posted on 10/12/2012

Happy October 12th, and welcome to the weekly writer’s challenge! It’s like Flash Fiction, but broader and without those messy time constraints. Feel free to respond on your own blog or site and link with a few words in the comments section below. Happy writing! Writing Prompt: This week I’m combining the prompts into one. […]

The October Writer’s Dilemma

posted on 10/08/2012

Is anyone else struggling with an October… weirdness this year? Yes, that’s right. I’m a therapist and the best I can do is ‘weirdness.’ I guess another way to express it would be ‘October NaNoWriMo Anticipatory Time Distortion Funk.’ For the first time ever, I’m going into NaNoWriMo this year knowing more or less what […]

Writer’s Challenge #3

posted on 10/05/2012

On Tuesday, I wrote with nostalgia about email forwards and National Friendship Week. This week’s challenges were all inspired by that post in one way or another. Feel free to respond on your own blog or site and link with a few words in the comments section below. And if you don’t, something horrible will […]

…And that’s how I lost all my friends

posted on 10/02/2012

Remember email forwards? If you spent any time in front of a computer between 1999 and 2004, I’m guessing you do. Conspiracy theories, chain letters, jokes, requests for prayers, virus hoaxes (not to mention actual viruses)… all delivered daily to your inbox from your friends, neighbors and – in my case – my grandmother. At […]

Writer’s Challenge #2

posted on 09/21/2012

Welcome back to Front Matter’s weekly Writer’s Challenge! A little something to tickle your fancy this Friday morning…. Feel free to respond on your own blog or site and link with a few words in the comments section below. Happy writing! Fiction Prompt: Historical fiction meets autobiography – Pick an actual incident from your own […]

Pirate Talk, My Dad’s Birthday and How I’m Not Special

posted on 09/19/2012

Aaargh! Thanks for droppin’ anchor at me swashbucklin’ blog, matie! Happy Talk Like a Pirate Day! I always thought it was funny that International Talk Like a Pirate Day fell on my father’s birthday. He never saw the humor in it, but if you knew my Dad, you know that overt silliness wasn’t really his […]

The Book Market’s Glutted. Why Bother?

posted on 09/18/2012

Ahhh… After a long day of chasing the kids and ignoring the growing piles of laundry, I sit down to do a little writing. Not, of course, without stopping to browse online for a while. The trouble with doing this before I write is that if I follow the wrong link down a rabbit-hole, not […]

Inaugural Writer’s Challenge

posted on 09/12/2012

Front Matter’s Writing Challenge: No contests. No time limits. Just inspiration, motivation, and a friendly kick in the pants! Respond on your own blog or website and share – or not – at your leisure. For the sanity of all, please read guidelines before posting a comment linking to your response – thanks! A. Fiction […]

Self-Promotion: Getting Past the Ooginess

posted on 09/12/2012

For many of us, the idea of self-promotion is about as appealing as eating dinner in a train station bathroom stall. But if you are a burgeoning writer – self-published, small press or even big press – one of your tasks in this book-flooded age is to market yourself. This is true whether you’re the […]