What’s your plan for getting better at writing? Do you have a plan? Or are you going to write another novel that’s sort of like the last novel you wrote … and hope for the best? Hey, I’ll cop a plea: Guilty. I will say my most recent book (2018) is substantially better than the…
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Do You NaNo?
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month, aka NaNo) is only a week away! If you’re not familiar with NaNo, the objective is to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. I did my first NaNo in 2016, when I had just started writing. I did it for two reasons: first, to build a fire under…
Are you a “Tool” Collector?
I don’t know about you, but I come across a ton of great writing tools on a weekly if not daily basis. They come from blogs I follow, books I hear about, workshops, and just overheard conversations (OK, not on purpose, really). What do I do with all that great information? I have a file…
New Blog Editor – Introduction
Hello everyone, I’m the new RMFW Blog Editor. First off, I want to thank Rachel Craft for all her work on the Blog. She’s set a high mark, and I’ll do my best to match it. I’m a new writer. I’ve been writing off and on for the past three years, and I’m currently on…
What’s your story?
This month I’m thinking about content marketing. It’s all the rage. It’s one of the key squares in Buzzword Bingo – Marketing Edition. It’s the thing you do in social media where you put out interesting and relevant content to attract customers for your products. I wasn’t able to write that with a straight face….