Quotes to kick off your week and get you through the dreaded Monday. “When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am...

It’s baaaaaaaaack.  Friday the Thirteenth is here to torment you by stealing your luck all over again, and this time, it’s personal…...

This is a post I did about a month ago on the great quotes by one of my favorite quotable writers.  RIP Sir Terry Pratchett, what you...

Hey guys, for the writing tips and tricks today, I’ve dragged up one of my favorite pep talks from Nanowrimo last November.  This doesn’t...

Prompts: 1. Pull an electronic device out of the fridge. 2. Use music as a weapon. 3. Throw someone into marshmallows. I’m starting a new...

I gave myself (and you, dear readers!) a challenge here: https://authoramiegibbons.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/first-novels-beginnings-how-t...

In this post, we’re going to play a game.  It’s kind of 20 questions, I never, er… other question games that are fun with drinking. You...

Beginnings can be tricky.  Trickier still for the novice novelist.  A common plot mistake we’ve all seen when critiquing new novelists...

Camp Nano is sort of an extension of Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) and it’s done in April and July.  Basically you are doing...

This is a section from a short story preceding my ‘The Order Of The Sphinx’ series, where my young witches’ powers first awaken.  When I...

Here’s the first part of my next short story staring Evie, the pagen witch who faced down a zombie in her last adventure.  Let me know...

Have you heard the expression, “kill your darlings,” in reference to editing your work?  If you’re a writer, you have. And you do have to...

http://amandaonwriting.tumblr.com/post/111266374125 Saw this on Facebook and just had to share.  It’s just so on.  Pick yourself up a...

Dear normal people, I’m going to let you in on a secret. Friday the 13th isn’t bad luck. You believe it is so your luck floats off you,...

I’m in writing mode today again, just letting the words flow with the wine.  And I’ve come up with a magic with zombies story.  It’s a...

This weekend I’m volunteering at my law school and judging the 1L Mock Trial competition.  You don’t take Evidence until your second year...

I had a bad month.  I’ve been saying that a lot over January.  It was one thing after another and I was just done.  I was depressed and...

I’ve been parked at my laptop for hours, pouring out words for a short story.  Don’t know if the short story’s any good, don’t know if...

Nothing is more terrifying than the unknown.  Think about it.  When you’re reading a book and the characters don’t know what’s going on...

Here’s the last day of what has been, well not the actual worst month of my and my family members’ lives, but pretty far up there.  I’d...