by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 4, 2014 | Writing
Author Marion Ueckermann is my guest today. Enjoy Marion’s blog tour and tips to keep readers engaged. And note the drawing below for a chance to receive an eBook of Marion’s novel. Helsinki Sunrise, a Passport to Romance, blog tour follows on from yesterday’s stop in...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 28, 2014 | Writing
“I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” — Philippians 4:13 (NIV) Every morning, I ask God to direct the tasks I schedule for the week—and to equip me for each day’s work. Recently, I received the idea of a countdown clock on my blog. It would...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 21, 2014 | Writing
“My theory is that every little bit has the potential to help. We just have to learn where to focus our limited time and energy, because obviously we can’t do it all.” —Jody Hedlund Image courtesy of debspoons at FreeDigitalPhotos.net I’m up against developing and...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 14, 2014 | Writing
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.” —Marcus Tullius Cicero In an earlier post, I talked about squeezing by-products from your creative work. This time it’s squeezing by-products from others’ creative work, i.e. their books. I...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Aug 7, 2014 | Writing
“Most people have no idea of the gigantic capacity we can immediately command when we focus all of our resources on mastering a single area of our lives.” —Anthony Robbins We could drown in all the resources available to improve the writing of our novels. But we can...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Jul 24, 2014 | Creating, Writing
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” —Orson Welles In an earlier post, I talked about backloading sentences, paragraphs, and scenes. Meaningful words at the end of these leave the reader with what’s important. And...
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