Writer's Block?
I have found that the best way to get rid of writer's block is to find a story prompt. Go to any genre and pick a prompt. Sometimes it helps to pick a genre you have never tried before. This exercise will help you to think outside the box.
Happy writing
Finding time to write in this hectic time is not easy. School, family obligations, and a host of other concerns can get in the way. Don't get down on yourself. A window of time will open up to you. Take one day at a time, relish what you have, and all will fall into place
Having writer block? Don't fight it. Step away from the computer. Clear your mind by taking a walk or picking up that craft you left undone. When feeling refreshed, look up prompt suggestions, pick one and write a fifteen to twenty-minute piece. You will be surprised as to how creative your mind can be! Happy writing.
I would like to say a word about Chapters Writing Group. During these hard times, I want to send out a message to them, congratulating them for their perseverance in what has to be a difficult situation. We have gone from weekly in person meetings to weekly computer meetings, and during it all, they have remained true to their conviction of honing their art. They continue to share their work with one another, offer helpful criticism, and build up one another. So proud of you all.
Announcing the publication of my new YA book, A Bristol Manor Mystery:Beyond the Closet Door
Like mysteries wrapped inside the paranormal? If so, this book is for you.
Synopsis:
To Greta Steele, strange
happenings only take place in books and movies. Haunted houses, ghosts,
spirits, things that go bump in the night, are nothing more than creations of
overactive imaginations. At least that’s what she thought when she was living a
nice, normal life.
After losing their
parents to a fatal car crash and experiencing a disastrous Nebraska tornado,
Greta and her older sister, Maryanne, move to a small Chicago community where
they purchase Bristol Manor, an old run-down mansion thought to be haunted by a
teenage ghost.
From the moment Greta moves
into Bristol Manor, she experiences frightening, supernatural events that turn
her life upside down.
Coupled with the angst
of beginning tenth-grade at a new high
school and dealing with a formidable bully, Greta is sent on a fear-filled
journey, where good clashes with evil, and uncertainty clouds every day.
With stubborn
determination, she solves a sixty-five-year old mystery, rights a wrong that
kept an innocent soul from eternal peace, and softens the heart of a misguided
bully.
