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Writing from Home? How to Make it Work - Part 2
Exercising is a great way to rejuvenate your body after spending hours in front of your computer. You get to smell the roses and catch some fresh air. This could entail taking walks, jogging or scheduling time at your local gym. Working out also ensures...
Writing From Home? How to Make it Work - Part 1
The first time I transitioned from a full-time job to working from home was truly liberating. But with freedom comes…you guessed it, tons of responsibilities! I began sleeping in and waking up around mid-morning and within a few hours it would be dark again and...
The Importance Of Morality In Your Writing
Every story that has been written, whether for stage, screen or as a novel, has had a fundamental morality underpinning the story. If you can master morality in your story, it can help you: Illustrate the main conflicts and subplots in your story, giving the whole...
Writing Lessons We Can Learn From Ferdinand The Bull
The Story of Ferdinand was written by Munro Leaf and it remains, to this day, a classic. It was written in 1935 on a Sunday afternoon and was published in 1936. Soon the story was selling at a rate of over 3,000 copies every week....
Grab These Opportunities – Increase Productivity Without Writing a Thing
Every writer has an ideal world; some would have others do the writing for them while others would wish for more hours to write in. The reality is that writers tend to grab an hour here and there to write, missing out on sleep, exercise,...
How to Create The Perfect YA Character
As an adult writer, it isn’t always easy to write characters for young adults, even more so if your young days are a dim and distant memory. There are ways to do it and I’m going to present you with four tips to follow to...
Monsters and Creatures from Greek Myths Part 3
Mares of Diomedes The mares of Diomedes were a group of four female horses who ate human flesh instead of hay. Heracles once captured these monstrous horses only for them to eat one of his companions. In order to avenge his fallen companion, Heracles defeated the...
How to Submit Poetry or Short Fiction – Part 2
Submitting work for publication is a minefield to new writers; in the first part, we looked at how to find publications and what you, as a writer, should do. Now, the last three of the most common questions asked by newbie writers. Should I Submit My...
How to Submit Poetry or Short Fiction – Part 1
If you write short literature, such as fiction or poetry, submission of your work can be very positive. It is a way of sending yourself a powerful signal that you think enough of your work to let the world see it. And, if your work...
Monsters and Creatures from Greek Myths Part 2
Cyclops The Cyclops were one-eyed, viscious feral monsters with no use for kindness, manners, and laws. Many of the cyclops were shepherds out of necessity as they needed to eat and if they wandered to close to a human village, the villagers would come together to...