All the ways I trick myself into writing
By Liz, sitting on the deck looking at the ocean I love writing. But I don’t always love sitting down to do it. I know it’s a familiar refrain from…
Tag: writing process
How the writing magic happens
By Liz, thawing out after a long week of freezing in the northeast! I’m going to tell you all a little secret. I should be done with my book by…
Pondering 2022 Writing Life Lessons
By Julie, planning on decking the halls after I schedule this post Some months coming up with a blog topic for the Wickeds is easier than others. This month, because…
Wicked Wednesday: Ripening
Edith/Maddie here, with a third August Wicked Wednesday. August is a month of much ripening in New England gardens and on farms. The tomatoes are finally red, the cucumbers full…
A Peek Inside My Crazy Writing Head
Last week I sent in the page proofs for Absence of Alice the ninth Sarah Winston Garage Sale mystery and I’m writing the second Chole Jackson Sea Glass Saloon mystery—A…
The Journey of Ideas
Where do ideas come from? Who owns them? Today on the blog Julie is wrestling with those questions in unexpected ways.
Wicked Wednesday: Mythbusters VI–Getting Advice on a Manuscript
Pre-published and published authors get lots of advice on getting advice. Some people say you must have a writers group to succeed. Others say that kind of review stifles creativity…
Wicked Wednesday: Myth Busting Part 1
There are so many myths and rules that fly around about writing and the writing process that we decided to tackle some of them head on. Bust them, actually. Because…
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