You probably didn’t notice, but on the menu of my website a new tab appeared a week or so ago: Query Tuner. Query Tuner is my side hustle (an additional job a person takes in addition to their primary job in order to supplement their income). I had been operating on a word of mouth…
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Writing Retreat Cruise #3
Continuing my report of my writing retreat cruise (read #1 here). Obviously the purpose of the cruise was to write. We’d wanted to do a retreat where none of us had to spend a lot of time shopping, cooking, cleaning… you know how it goes. We worked out a cruise was the best option. Everything…
A Vivid Dream
In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. Share a vivid dreamI’m sure this is supposed to mean a “deep in sleep” dream, but I want to share a different kind of vivid dream. My dream is to be a published author. To have this as my career. It…
Passive versus active voice
One of my red flags to watch for when I edit is passive voice. And I usually find a lot of them (they can be identified by words such as ‘was’ and ‘by’). Writing with a passive voice always seems to be how my drafts evolve. Then during my edits I need to find them…
The power of words
This you tube video was done as a marketing tactic, but I think the message within the video is true to writing. The power of words is so important, especially for a writer. We can tell our stories and our readers will understand, but show the same story with different words and our readers will…