Happy Wednesday, people! We are back with another podcast episode and today Rachel and I ask and answer the question: “Do You Annotate Your Books?”
Writing Echoes: How to Avoid Echoes
Great article about Echoes and how to watch out for them in your writing. I am definitely guilty of repeating words. How many of these examples do you do?
This is a reblog from StoryEmpire.com
Ep 173 | The Merry Writer Podcast
Join us in today's podcast episode where we discuss the concept of Vanity Metrics in regard to social media, what they are and why you need to think about them in regard to your own platform building and marketing, as we ask and answer: “What Do You Need To Know About Vanity Metrics?”
8 Things Not To Do When Drafting A Novel [My Guest Post]
I was given the opportunity to guest post on another writer's blog. Big thank you to E. A. Whyte for reaching out to me and asking me to guest post and for featuring my article 8 Things Not To Do When Drafting A Novel.
Ep 172 | The Merry Writer Podcast
Happy Wednesday! We are back with another episode and this week Rachel and I are asking and answering the writerly question: “What Is Therapeutic Writing?”
July Goals 2023
I am jumping into July with a lot of vim and vigour (I hope). I have plans, ideas and even a routine set up. All I need to do is follow through, not always easy for someone who has the focus of a goldfish most days. But sometimes you just got to keep trying until something succeeds.
Ep 171 | The Merry Writer Podcast
Social media has been in our lives for a while now. It connects people around the world and opens up a whole new audience. But how important is social media to writers? This is what we discuss with our guest E A Whyte when we asked and she answered: “Do Writers Need To Be On Social Media?”
The Write Life June Update
June wasn't the most productive month for writing due to my taking a mini hiatus following a family visit. But the urge to keep writing was bubbling away (always a good sign). One big issue has been the weather, we British are not designed for the hot weather we've been having and trying to stay focused and write while sweltering (in houses that don't have AC and are built to keep the heat in) is torturous. But let's do some updating anyway!
Ep 170 | The Merry Writer Podcast
I'm sure we have all disappeared down a rabbit hole while researching, so that is today's podcast topic when we ask and answer the question: “How Do You Avoid Going Down The Rabbit Hole?”
The Bare Minimum Checklist
Check out this Bare Minimum Checklist article by author K.M. Allan who goes through a few quick things you might want to check in your manuscript, especially after you’ve just completed it and maybe aren’t ready to jump straight into the bigger, deeper edits. 🙂
While checklists are a great way to whip your MS into shape, the thought of running through a vast set of tasks when you’ve just completed an MS after months, or even years of drafts, can be overwhelming.
You want to ensure your manuscript is the best it can be, but you’re also so very tired of looking at every single sentence.
The good news is that there’s a simple checklist for that!
The Bare Minimum Checklist
For this checklist, you’ll be looking at the bare minimum of book elements to fix, allowing you to make changes to your MS, just not every single change at once. This makes it perfect for having a productive break after writing/editing, or to use when you have a tight deadline and can’t complete a full checklist.
Use your search/find option to check the following elements of your work in progress.
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