Painting Pictures with Words
Posted on November 6, 2019 by Amber
The best plans… “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry. No matter how carefully a project is planned, something may still go wrong with it”. The saying is adapted from a line in “To a Mouse,” by Robert Burns, and it… Continue Reading “Dealing with Delays and Setbacks”
Posted on September 23, 2019 by Amber
Guest post by Seumas Gallacher Today, I would like to introduce my dear friend and fellow author, Seumas Gallacher. I first met Seumas about 7 years ago, through Twitter and blogging, just after he released his 2nd book of the Jack Caulder Crime Series.… Continue Reading ““A Journey to myself – writing my autobiography””
Category: authors, books, reading, Uncategorized, writingTags: #Kindle books, authors, autobiography, books, guest blogs, jack caulder crime series, memoirs, Seumas Gallacher, writing
Posted on August 14, 2019 by Amber
So, I decided to take a little time off to give my eyes (and brain) a little break. Yeah, right. Let me share with you how that went. The first 2 days, I did actually stay off of the computer, and all other digital… Continue Reading “31 Days to Book Launch!”
Category: authors, reading, writingTags: #amwriting, #MakeADifference, authors, book cover, books, independent author, indie author, writing, writing industry
Posted on August 2, 2019 by Amber
Dear Christian, I finished the rough draft of your story late last night. I didn’t quite make the deadline of 30 days, due to some technical difficulties (aka cats and your dog). But publishing is still scheduled for the middle of September. I thought… Continue Reading “Wish You Were Here.”
Posted on July 3, 2019 by Amber
As promised, here is the beginning of the story inspired by an essay that my son, Christian, wrote. Aided by Christian’s essay and the rough outline we designed together, I am working to fulfill a promise I made to my son, to complete this… Continue Reading “The Beginning of the Story…”
Category: UncategorizedTags: #amwriting, authors, book excerpt, books, Christian fantasy fiction
A leap of faith… “Roll your works upon the Lord [commit and trust them wholly to Him…so shall your plans be established and succeed”. (Proverbs 16:3 AMP) In 2014, when he was in the 7th grade, I gave my son, Christian, a writing assignment… Continue Reading “90 Days to Published Challenge…”
Category: authors, writingTags: #amwriting, authors, books, Christian fantasy fiction, fiction, publishing, writers, writing
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