by Jane Maree | 5 July 2019 | Life, Writing |
Deadlines are a necessary part of the writer’s life. Sometimes they can be great motivation to get that project finished, but other times they can be stress! And panic!! 😱 I (unfortunately) can’t say that I’ve discovered the secret to a completely stress-free...
by Jane Maree | 7 June 2019 | Books, Writing |
When you only realise the header image has the wrong words two minutes before publishing the post, but it’s too late to change it now. 🙈 Good morning one and all and welcome to Jane Makes Up Stuff Because None Of Her Other Ideas Were Working Today. In...
by Jane Maree | 10 May 2019 | Life, Writing |
As I’m sitting down to write this post, I actually have no idea what I’m going to say, but I’m here to say it anyway! (I’m not sure if that’s a bad thing or a good thing. 😂) I actually haven’t done a general ‘updates’...
by Jane Maree | 3 May 2019 | Writing |
It’s pretty common knowledge that to be a writer, you have to spend a lot of time sitting around writing. It makes sense, then, that most of the writers I’ve met are introverts. They’re lovely human beans with imaginations like the sun as it bursts...
by Jane Maree | 12 April 2019 | Writing |
Disclaimer: this is a humourous post meant to amuse, not to instruct. You have been warned. 😉 Here’s a little behind the scenes peek at my 101 posts. Cover your ears quickly, if you actually thought these were legitimately serious writing advice posts, because...
by Jane Maree | 8 March 2019 | Writing |
Comparing yourself to other people is never a good idea. Either you get proud and think less of them, or you get depressed and think less of yourself. Neither is a good state of mind, needless to say. However, comparison isn’t always bad, if you compare to the...
by Jane Maree | 8 February 2019 | Life, Writing |
Being inspired and inspiring other people is such an amazing feeling. I don’t know about you but hearing that I’ve inspired someone always makes my day. A few weeks ago, Jenna Terese messaged me about this blog tag-style plan she’d cooked up,...
by Jane Maree | 25 January 2019 | Writing |
As writers, we spend hours and hours pouring ourselves into our books. All that time spent working on your characters, your world, your plot. The planning, the writing, the editing. There’s so much of the author in every book on your shelf. But as...
by Jane Maree | 11 January 2019 | Life, Writing |
It’s been ages since I did one of these random tag posts, and I ran out of my backlog of post ideas, so this tag came to my rescue. It was high time for a casual talk-about-characters post anyway. 😉 Thank you Catwing for tagging me for the ‘voted most...
by Jane Maree | 4 January 2019 | Writing |
First sentences are first impressions. After the title, cover, and blurb, your first sentence is going to be the first thing about your book that will capture the reader and pull them into the story. I’ve even bought books off first sentence impressions before....
