Category Archives: writing

Guest author: Lyn Horner – Finding your cross-genre niche

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Sue Vincent

First of all, I want to express my thanks to Sue for having me on her site once again. It’s great to be back! I am a cross-genre author. By that, I mean my fiction books are a mix of … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, fiction, Guest post, writing | Tagged cross genre, genre fiction, publishing advice, romance, supernatural, western, writing advice | 8 Comments

Be my guest…an invitation

Posted on January 6, 2018 by Sue Vincent

It’s five o’clock, the page looks bare… There’s not a guest post anywhere… Though I invite and beg and plead There’s only my words here to read. So, authors with a brand new book, If you’d like folks to take … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Blogging, Books, fantasy, fiction, Folk Tale, Photography, Poetry, writing | Tagged alternative realities, birth, Book launch, book promotion, death, family, free author promotion, ghosts, loved ones, paranormal, psychism, supernatural, telepathy | 42 Comments

The Schrödinger effect – Top 10 posts of 2017? Yeah, right…

Posted on December 31, 2017 by Sue Vincent

The Schrödinger effect… to be alive and dead at the same time…. That pretty much sums me up as a writer. Although, if I had to make a judgement call, I would probably err on the side of ‘dead’…or that’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Dogs, writing | Tagged humour, popular posts, small dog, stats, top ten list, year in review | 32 Comments

The Schrödinger effect – Top 10 writing related posts 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Why the Schrödinger effect? Because words on a page, be that in a book or on a screen, reflect the living imagination of the writer, but are dead until a reader’s imagination gives them life. For the writer, no matter … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Humour, imagination, writing | Tagged #amblogging, amwriting, stats, wordpress | 10 Comments

Guest author: Andrew Joyce – Why?

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Why do we all live in fear? And don’t deny it … there is fear in all our lives. Why do we hoard? Fear, that’s why. We’ve all seen those people on the hoarder shows. They’re so funny and pitiful. … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest post, writing | Tagged death, fear, hope, Life, power, prejudice | 19 Comments

My WIP, Beta Readers, Writing Friends, and Finally . . . The Cover Reveal – D.G. Kaye

Posted on November 15, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from D.G.Kaye Writing, Friends, Editing, and Cover Reveal Many authors like to talk about their work in progress, especially when the book comes closer to being published, but I haven’t been too vocal about my latest WIP or … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, reblog, writing | Tagged beta reading, book news, covers, Debby, friendship, love, marriage, writing process | 10 Comments

The Only Comma Rules You’ll Ever Need! = Virginia Anderson

Posted on November 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Just Can’t Help Writing: Commas are among my favorite tools for building meaning. Used intelligently, commas are wonderful signposts that tell readers which part of a sentence they’ve stumbled into—and then help them make their way out again. … Continue reading →

Posted in writing | Tagged commas, compound sentences, coordinating conjunctions, creative writing, direct address, essential modifiers, fiction, nonessential modifiers, novels, Oxford comma, Serial comma, writing | 12 Comments

Hear Ye, Hear Ye! E.B. White on How To Write from Jennie Fitzkee

Posted on November 6, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from A Teacher’s Reflections: I love writing. This summer I read the best book on how to write, the advice of E.B. White, author of Charlotte’s Web and other classics. Oh, I have read a host of posts and articles … Continue reading →

Posted in children, writing | Tagged Charlotte's Web, children's books, E.B. White, How To Write, Some Writer! The Story of E.B. White, writing, writing stories, writing tips | 8 Comments

Guest author: Barbara G. Tarn – Five things I learned with writers groups

Posted on October 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

A little while ago, Darlene Foster was my guest, writing about the benefits of writers critique groups. Here, Barbara G. Tarn shares a different perspective… I loved my offline writers group, but writers groups are often useless. See for example … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Guest post, writing | Tagged writers groups, writers life, writing tips | 12 Comments

Be my guest? Guest posts

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Sue Vincent

Would you like to write a guest post and be featured on this blog? If you are a writer, artist or photographer…If you have a poem, story or memoirs to share… If you have a book to promote, a character … Continue reading →