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....
by Jane Maree | 28 December 2018 | Books, Life, Writing |
In three days, this year will be over. And if there was one word to describe the whole year, it’d be…unexpected. I’ve learnt so much this year. About God, about myself, about writing. It’s been a crazy ride, but a good ride. And since...
by Jane Maree | 21 December 2018 | Writing |
If you’re anything like me, Pinterest is both a blessing and a curse. It’s so helpful and handy but it can be really, really easy to procrastinate on it. But though it can be dangerous, we shouldn’t totally throw it out the window. With a bit of...
by Jane Maree | 7 December 2018 | Writing |
Disclaimer: this is a humourous post meant to amuse, not to instruct. You have been warned. 😉 Keeping your Creativity healthy is a hugely important thing to remember as a writer—or as any sort of an artist. Sometimes we can be smashing through all the word...
by Jane Maree | 1 December 2018 | Life, Writing |
Sometimes NaNoWriMo eats your blog schedule, hat, coat, feathers, and all. I had good intentions to hit 50k on Friday, then write this blog post right afterward. I did hit the 50k, but then I forgot all about the blog post part until almost ten at night. It just one...
by Jane Maree | 23 November 2018 | Books, Writing |
A few months ago, I tried my hand at some flash fiction and, despite being mildly terrified while deciding if I should actually post it or not, I actually came out the other side determined to do it again one day. So here I am, only four months later, with another...
