So let’s talk about writing challenges… My first challenge consisted of the participant getting up really early and writing for an hour. My next challenge upped the ante by forcing the participant to live three important beats of a famous writer’s schedule everyday. Challenge one had a decent response. Challenge two allowed me to make…
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A Tale of Two Challenges
Since the Stephen King Writing Challenge went so well, I came up with two new challenges. One simple, one brutal. Without giving any details, I asked my followers on Twitter and Instagram to vote on what they’d like to see me do. Twitter Results The Twitter poll was pretty clear cut. People want me to…
How to rock #PitMad, even if you’re not participating.
On Monday, I realized that #pitmad was coming up on September 3rd, and I worked myself into a tizzy. I told friends, family, and – most embarrassing of all – my Twitter followers that I was going to join this year. Hell, I was going to join AND rock everyone’s socks off! Yeah, that didn’t…
The Top Three Writing Books I’ve Read in 2020
So it’s been a week since I created and took on the Stephen King Writing Challenge, and, to put it mildly, I’ve been keeping busy. I’ve been cheering on authors @ASebuchi, @tinasammich, @authorsantanas, and @cr_burman as they’ve taken up the challenge themselves. (They’re doing amazing!) I’ve also been talking to writer’s groups, writing a 1000…