10 Minute Writer

Confessions of A Busy Mom Who is Attempting To Become A Novelist, Ten Minutes At A Time

Another Great List!

For those of you who are looking for inspiration. The Little But Really Useful Guide To Creativity. My husband sent me this link. What a guy!

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Because I’m A Sucker For Any Thing With “Ten Minutes” In The Title

Among the pile of nonsense that is Twitter, I found a link to this little jewel: Stephen Kings 20-year-old spiel: Everything You Need To Know About Writing In Ten Minutes This is sound, timeless advice, friends. Take 10 Minutes and read it.

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This is SUCH an honor! (Sniff, Sniff)

Susanne Barrett of Meditative Meanderings recently awarded me with the title QUEEN OF ALL THINGS AWWWSUMMM! I didn’t even know I entered, or I would have tried harder to look good in the swimsuit category. If I understand this correctly, (and the morning caffeine hasn’t kicked in yet, so that’s not very likely), I’m supposed [...]

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Character Development! The Best Questions Evah!

Fiction Writing friends, Thanks to Twitter, I found this delicious link regarding the development of characters.. I’ve never been satisfied with writing books that suggest you know “favorite color” and “favorite ice cream flavor” simply because it is rare that iformation like that has any real bearing on the development of the plot — especially [...]

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Why My Blog Is Gettin’ Kinda Dusty

One reason is that I’m a marginally adequate housekeeper, but that not what I mean. As of late, I haven’t been very attentive over here at 10 Minute Writer. I’ve spent the last few days trying to figure out how to explain this, how to make up for lost time, or even how to come [...]

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