Visualize Your Writing Goals for This Year
Visualizing your writing goals for this year sounds like it may not be terribly helpful, but it can help make the difference …
Author Quarantine! Making Sure You Hit Your Writing Goals
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins Hi Everyone! It feels like forever since I’ve written a blog post for August Rose Press. Truth be …
Fuel for Your Creativity: Location, Location, Location
By: Aryanne Ferguson Writers draw inspiration from many sources, and one of my favorites is landscape. Author Lucy Wood illustrates my point in this …
On the Page: Male versus Female Intimacy
By: Aryanne Ferguson In search of inspiration, I watched a Ted talk by anthropologist Helen Fisher called The Brain in Love. Writing-wise, what …
You Don’t Have to Suffer As a Writer (I Recommend that You Don’t)
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins Woe is me, woe is I. I am a writer and I have the hardest job in the …
Ideology: When Writers Have Axes to Grind
By: Aryanne Ferguson Does your writing have an ideological base? For example, you’ve got a beef and you’re going to write about …
It’s Good to be Bad – Writing Flawed Characters
By: Aryanne Ferguson This article asks if good characters make bad fiction. Off the top of my head I can think of a …
So You Say You Want to Become a Writer
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins A lot of people want to be writers. If they seem to have mastered the English language then …
If You’re Going to Write, Just Write What You Want to Write!
By: Ebonye Gussine Wilkins I’ve met a handful of people who have wanted to write books. When they find out that I’m …
Literary Symbolism: The Greats Did It, Why Can’t I?
By: Aryanne Ferguson Reader, how do you make use of symbolism in your writing? Is it something you include from draft one, …