by admin | Jun 9, 2022 | Blog, Writers Group
It’s freezing at the moment. Even driving to Young Writers Group in Mount Waverley today, I was blasting the heater. What better writing prompt, than to find out creative ways to stay warm. This was the first question today: List creative ways to keep warm. Here...
by admin | May 31, 2022 | Blog, Writers Group
This afternoon at Young Writers Group, we were discussing mentor texts, only that’s not we called them. If you’ve never heard of a mentor text, essentially it’s a book or piece of text that can serve as a good example of a piece of writing. I set the...
by admin | Apr 7, 2022 | Blog
I have seen quite a few posts recently from people wanting to publish a book and not knowing where to start. My advice is always to start by writing the story. Most publishers want to know there is a completed manuscript waiting for them if they love what you submit...
by admin | Mar 19, 2022 | Blog
Yesterday, I finished reading So This is Love by Elizabeth Lim. This was book six in my pile of books from my To Be Read shelf. You can read about those books here. I found this to be helpful with my reading as it didn’t feel like my choice of books to read was so...
by admin | Feb 22, 2022 | Blog
The other day, I posted that I was getting back to using 750words.com to work on a new story. The thing I didn’t mention was that when I first got into writing chapter books, my kids were 8 and 10, and they would get up in the morning and ask to read my new...
by admin | Feb 19, 2022 | Blog
Many years ago, I discovered the site 750Words.com. This was an invaluable resource to writing the first draft of my chapter books. The idea behind this site is simple – you write a minimum of 750 words each day. I would break down my chapter books so that each...
