by Anna | Jul 15, 2022 | Life, Writing
Writing scares me. I love it, but it scares me. It’s an unpredictable, humbling monster-thingy that haunts me in my dreams. The writing part of writing is not so bad. I park my butt behind my computer and start typing. Sometimes the words flow. Sometimes they bleed...
by Anna | Jun 24, 2022 | Writing, Writing Process
Time for another writing-related post! This time, I’d like to share a bit more about THE most helpful thing I’ve learned about writing characters: the ghost. Nope, I’m not talking about the transparent dude lurking around the local cemetery. I’m talking about...
by Anna | May 13, 2022 | Gear, Writing
Let’s talk notebooks! One of the perks of being a writer is that I always seem to have a good excuse for buying new notebooks. New project? New notebook! Yay! I’ve tried many different kinds of notebooks: cheap, expensive, ruled, unruled, hardcover, softcover,...
by Anna | Feb 25, 2022 | Inspiration, Writing
This year (2022), I applied for round 9 of Author Mentor Match. Spoiler alert: I wasn’t selected to be a mentee. Still, I found the application super helpful to my writing journey, so I wanted to take a moment to gush about it! What is Author Mentor Match? ...
by Anna | Feb 11, 2022 | Life, Writing
Let’s get personal: in April 2020, I had major surgery. I spent a week in the hospital. Afterwards, I wasn’t allowed to do anything. For six weeks: I wasn’t allowed to work or do chores around the house. I wasn’t even allowed to lift a plate and put it in the...
by Anna | Jan 28, 2022 | Inspiration, Writing
I’m going to go out on a limb here and assume that most of you have read the Harry Potter series. Next, I’m going to guess that, while doing so, many of you had an experience similar to mine. After finishing the last chapter of Deathly Hallows, I closed it with a...
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