by Pam | Mar 29, 2019 | Blog, Writing Tips
When your writing gets stuck, it’s kind of like being a turtle upended, or like your wood-cutting axe hitting a knot in the wood. Frustrating. But this latest round of being stuck on my in-progress young-adult adventure novel, I wasn’t really frustrated....
by Pam | Jan 10, 2018 | Blog, Writing Tips
Okay, maybe there’s no such thing as ONE best book for fiction writers, but despite two recent blogs I’ve done on writer’s block and deepening characters (which recommend various books on writing craft and character) I’ve found an even better...
by Pam | Nov 29, 2017 | Writing Tips
Last week I suggested some books for tackling writers’ block and for upping your writing game. This week, I’m presenting some gems from those books. I consider these quotes worth pegging above my computer; maybe you will, too. Happy writing! From Story Trumps...
by Pam | Nov 22, 2017 | Blog, Writing Tips
I don’t get writer’s block, but sometimes I need to hit the “pause” button, step back and read a small pile of writing-craft books to fire myself up and make things work better on my novel-in-progress. This week, I felt stuck enough to do an...
by Pam | Oct 4, 2017 | Blog
Can a novel cure what ails you? Absolutely: It’s called bibliotherapy, which means reading as a type of therapy. I was sitting in the library one day, having a small bout of writer’s block while trying to start a new novel, when I looked up and saw a book titled The...
