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  • THE WIDER CURRENCY OF CRITICISM

    WIDER CURRENCY OF CRITICISM INTXT

    Instead of taking each review too much to heart, try to see it for what it is: Useful feedback to extract...

    By Evalena Styf
  • CRITICISM IS GOOD FOR YOU

    an apple on a table and the words an apple a day

    Hey writer, do you know that criticism can be good for you? It’s actually true, and today I’m here to tell you why. “The…

    By Evalena Styf
  • CRITIQUE MAKES YOU STRONGER

    3 ways criticism makes you stronger

    CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Hey writer, do you believe that critique makes you stronger? Most of us could share quite a few stories about the…

    By Evalena Styf
  • DO YOU KNOW WHY IT HURTS?

    AWW 17 REVIEWS Why Upset

    CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Do you know why it hurts? Criticism stings, and it can sting even more for writers as it relates to something…

    By Evalena Styf
  • NOT ALL FEEDBACK IS VALID

    AWW 14 Reviews Critique Who to Trust

    CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Not all feedback is valid. I can’t stress this enough, so I’ll say it again: Not all feedback is valid!  As…

    By Evalena Styf
  • JUST DON’T BE A DICK

    a laptop with the text time for review on the screen

    CRITIQUE & REVIEWS Once upon a time I used to love reading the reviews in The Sunday Times. It was my most precious indulgence…

    By Evalena Styf
  • A BOOK OF MY LIFE?

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 11 IT’S MY LIFE and, provided it was penned by a decent author, it would probably make for a rather fascinating…

    By Evalena Styf
  • I WANT IT RAW AND KINKY

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 10 ICE CREAM FLAVOURS… Funnily enough, when it comes to ice cream I am very much a vanilla kinda girl. And…

    By Evalena Styf
  • MY GREATEST FEAR

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 9 MY GREATEST fear… Now, isn’t that an interesting question to be faced with right now? If I were to be…

    By Evalena Styf
  • A TEACHER I REMEMBER

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 8 THE TEACHER that had the most impact on my life? Hmm… I feel like I need to preface my answer…

    By Evalena Styf
  • HAVE YOU EVER FELT HELPLESS?

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 7 I’VE FELT pretty helpless ever since this blasted pandemic started. It has put my whole life on hold and cut…

    By Evalena Styf
  • THE MOST WE’VE BEEN APART

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 6 JONAH, YOU are my favourite person in the whole wide world! I can’t believe it’s been two years since we last…

    By Evalena Styf
  • THE OPENING SENTENCE

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 6 DEATH ARRIVED by brewery truck/lorry (döden kom med ölbil). That’s the opening sentence in The Democratic Terrorist (Den demokratiske terroristen), Swedish…

    By Evalena Styf
  • PAIN IS TEMPORARY

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 4 MY FAVOURITE quote, that has become my motto in life, is: “Pain is temporary – losing is forever.” Pretty sure…

    By Evalena Styf
  • #11 ON MY BUCKET LIST

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 3 THE 11th ITEM on my bucket list is actually something fitting for this blog. I want to get a rejection…

    By Evalena Styf
  • NEW YEARS RESOLUTIONS

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 2 THE ANSWER IS YES.  New Year’s Resolutions are my thing. I’ve been writing mine in the (very) early morning hours…

    By Evalena Styf
  • WHERE I WANTED TO BE

    AWW WP WRITING PROMPTS

    DAILY WRITING PROMPTS 1 WELL LOOK AT THAT! This mammoth task started out a lot easier than I thought it would. Short answer: I…

    By Evalena Styf
  • SPOOKY END TO PREPTOBER

    My character Eewil Grimm and his didekick Bellatrix, the Guardian of Halloween in front of a spooky looking house with bats and spiders.

    WELCOME TO the very last of this year’s preptober, or InstaWrimo, posts. It’s Day 31 and for some readers it may be time to…

    By Linnea Lucifer
  • FUN AUTHOR PHOTO

    I CAN’T HELP feeling like the InstaWrimo team ran out of prompt ideas toward the end of this challenge. The last couple of prompts…

    By Linnea Lucifer
  • SHOW ME A SHELFIE

    A screen shot of my audible library.

    A SHELFIE, they said… Only three more days to go before we have completed InstaWrimo and can begin the real challenge. Today (Day 29)…

    By Linnea Lucifer
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