Blogtober: Write about something you are having a problem with

I found this prompt: Write about something you are currently having a problem with. So I do live with some suckiness on a daily basis So I have chronic pain. Via Chronic migraines and Fibromyalgia. And that is something I have had a problem with and struggled with for more than twenty years. Sometimes I…

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Blogtober: A day in the life of a writer

 Literally, this is it Trying to write with constant cat snuggles.

Blogtober: Worst writing advice

  So when I was younger I wrote a lot. Stories. Short novels. Flash fiction. And I was told I was pretty good at it. BUT then was told you'll never make money at it and it is a useless thing to pursue. And that is the thing about people, they don't get why we…

Blogtober: Life goals

I have a lot of goals. Small ones. Massive overpowering world domination ones. So here are some of my goals. I am sure some of them you could add to your list because they are awesome goals to have. Live long enough to have a robot servant but not long enough for when they take…

Blogtober Prompt: Magic and monsters

I couldn't think of a post for today but a good prompt always gets my muse chatty. Blogtober day:  14 Prompt: If magic was real then monsters were too "You fucking dick!" I yelled. He cringed. "It wasn't my fault. Not at all. Not even in the least bit." Last week we had a wizard…

Blogtober: Blogging tools

So I already did the tools I use for writing and now it is time for blogging. Blogging makes use of a lot of tools. Because you have to engage in social media to help with your blog. Well, it isn't a hardship, engaging in social media is fun. Obviously, though, there are different needs…

Blogtober: Prompt the bowl of souls

Do a prompt day  Given it is almost Nano time lets get our muse in gear. I looked at the bowl of sparks of light swimming in a swirl. The bowl was actually a fish bowl and that found a little insulting. Like our souls were pets for his amusement. They likely were. "Dare I…

Blogtober:do a writing prompt

Blogtober: Thursday teaser

So I got this Blogtober topic from a meme. So this is a teaser from The Surge.   Here is a wee teaser on The Surge:   Lyndon was a hybrid Order wizard with a demon of an unknown realm. He never told her what realm his mother came from and she never asked. He…

Blogtober: Writing tools

Now, these are just writing tools, not blogging tools. Maybe I will get into that later in the Blogtober blog-a-thon I am a simple, simple, simple girl. I think I used one too many 'simple's there. I may have given the wrong impression by that. I am not going to bog myself down with apps…

Blogtober: What about the Vampire

  It is October. And Halloween is coming. And you want to have some monsters in your Urban Fantasy. And you want one race to be vampires. Go for it. As long as you put in some sort of twist. But the myth isn't overdone. We have a fascination with it. Take that fascination and…

Blogtober: Things I am thankful for

Today is Canadian Thanksgiving. I actually had it yesterday at my house for the very first time and it was wonderful. I am still full. I ate two pieces of pie. I gained 20 pounds. It was a team effort from my mom, my spouse, and small wee things by me (So I don't implode…

Blogtober: The fine art of blogging

I blog. I blog a lot. Excessively on my other blog. I have two blogs and that should really show my pathology, I mean, my passion. Yes, passion. There is an art to blogging. A fine art. A craft really. An unpaid skill. I do many things well, unfortunately, none of them pay. Hahahahaaha *gently…

Blogtober: How to sell a book

Blogtober day 5 and I'm still surviving! Now I do not sell a lot of books. And marketing is harder than writing for me. But I have a pretty clear idea now on how to sell books. And I will share this vast knowledge with you for the price of a like. How to sell…

Blogtober: NaNoWriMo prep

NaNoWriMo is in the month of November writing 50k on a book you have. And in progress book or a new one. A book of poetry if you want. Or non-fiction. Or genre fiction. Anything at all as long as you get to 50k. Then you win and they do have prizes for that. Like…

Blogtober: Things writers think about

Blogtober Day 2. We are on a roll. I think about things as a writer. A lot of things. And you know maybe it leads to excessive daydreaming, 'zoning out', and 'why aren't you listening to me?' But we think so much about the worlds we create it is like they are real. Like they…

20 ways to write the awesomenessest post

Blogging is hard. You can lose someone in the first line you write. Or they can get halfway through and go 'By all that is holy, why I am I reading this tripe.' Or it is too long. Or conversely too short. You can ramble on and on and on and on and on and…

What are your goals for next month?

  We all have to have goals. So what are yours for next month or so? So many goals. So much stuff to do. How will we get it all done? Grit and determination, my friends. Here are my goals for next month: Get out of bed every day World domination Finish editing my book…

Progress Report: Sorcery

I have finished the novel. And I am now entering the slow editing phase. Bit by bit it is getting there. I also wrote a blurb for myself. Not The Blurb. But a blurb: This is a book about sorcery. Sorcery that has always lived in the world. However, few of them are around due…

Book blurb blues

  So I want to update all my blurbs. Because apparently this is vital and I agree. So I have been trying with White Witch Haven book 1. I have asked for assistance and: I put too much information in (so I took it out) I put too little information (so I screamed) I am…