Find Your Writing Niche
Find Your Writing Niche: Newspapers are dying; use social media
August 4, 2015I was asked recently to write a promo for an event, and I embraced the opportunity like a neophyte because I like to write about almost anything. I told the person in charge that we ha ...
Women and Adversity: Growing Indoor—and outdoor—plants
July 16, 2015- Growing healthy flowers and plants has always been a challenge for me. I tell people my green thumb is rusty, but I don’t know why they die. I am on my fourth hibiscus in three ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Current Events
July 7, 2015What a well-spring of ideas current events offers. Just in the last month Rachel Dolezal claims to be black Two murderers escape a maximum security prison Only two women are declared can ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Perseverence
June 16, 2015Writers get discouraged at getting those “Not for Us” emails, yet we all have heard and read stories of those who succeeded after many failed attempts. J.K. Rowling comes to mind. A recent post ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Political Comic Books
June 2, 2015Comic book company Bluewater Productions in Vancouver, WA began including politicians in their stories in 2009. Currently, the company has published three on Hillary Clinton and released one on ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Who cares about Newsletters?
May 19, 2015I was at a meeting where newsletters were discussed, and the consensus was that the majority of people don’t read newsletters. Then why have them? * They keep your name in front of ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Nigel Hayes and Words
May 5, 2015While writing a story to promote the Adult Spelling Bee in Brunswick County, N.C., I learned that Nigel Hayes, a University of Wisconsin basketball player, has the reputation at press conferences ...
Find Your Writing Niche: www.vocabulary.com
April 21, 2015A Google search for a story I was writing recently made me aware of www.vocabulary.com. The fascinating site states on its home page that it is “the qu ...
Find Your Writing Niche: Find Your Voice
April 7, 2015Find Your Writing Niche: Find Your Voice Characters develop their own personalities and speak to authors in their own voices. Aspiring authors must listen as closely as possible to the people in th ...
