WRITING BUDDIES
WRITING BUDDIES is today’s prompt in the #InstaWrimo challenge, so let’s talk about this rare, but richly rewarding, partnership. A writing buddy is like a unicorn. We believe they exist, but most of us haven’t actually seen one up close. Yet we’re hoping one will cross our path one day.…
1000 FOLLOWERS?
SOCIAL MEDIA is like a weird alternate reality. I love it and it fascinates me, but every time I think I know something about it, something happens to turn that knowledge on its head. One of these things that seem to stump me is how follower patterns shift. You can…
WRITING OOPSIES
LET’S TALK about oopsies and writing today. I mean, seeing as it is the prompt of the day and all… I want to take this moment to dish out a little nugget of writing advice. But let me preface it by saying that this advice only applies to you if…
SIFT AND SWALLOW WRITING ADVICE
WRITING ADVICE is a little like pregnancy and parenting advice. You have to sift mosquitoes and swallow camels, as we say in Sweden. In other words, you have to work out who to listen to, and what works best for you and your particular circumstances. As someone who’s made a…
MY BEST WRITING MEMORY
WRITING MEMORIES. It’s Day 8 of the #InstaWrimo challenge, the #preptober daily writing activity to get ready for #NaNoWriMo next month, and today we’re going to talk about writing memories. My best writing memory takes me back to October 2018. My little sidekick, Jonulfr, had been given a school project…
MY FAVOURITE VILLAIN
FAVOURITE VILLAIN is the prompt for #InstaWrimo today and this was a simple choice for me. I though of some of the greatest villains out there, and Heath Ledger’s Joker, Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise, Gollum and Darth Wader to mention but a few, are all great. Then we have the female…
ADVENTURE!
ADVENTURE! I wonder if there is a nerd alive who can hear the word adventure, and not think of the iconic scene where Bilbo runs out of the Shire to catch up with Gandalf and the dwarves shouting “I’m going on an adventure!” at the top of his lungs. No…
SEVEN WEEKS ONLINE
I KNOW I said I was going to stop these posts as I started the monthly milestones, but I guess I was a tad too excited. It feels right, somehow, to keep counting up to 1000. Provided I ever get there. I’ve done social media promotions for many years, and…
MY FIRST STORY
MY FIRST STORY is the topic for the third day of #InstaWrimo (see prompts below), and I’m surprised to say I actually do remember my first “real” story. I was nine or ten at the time, and I had been told stories about Gudmundstjärn, a woodland homestead in Indal, Sweden. It…
PREPTOBER: THE WORKING TITLE
PREPTOBER, is a month of activities to prepare for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) in November. Activities during preptober can include things like prepping your novel, and doing daily writing tasks to get into the habit of writing something every day. I’ve decided to give the #InstaWrimo challenge a go,…