Tag: Christmas

  • The Gingerbread Man’s Top 5 Writing Tips

    Happy Holidays Just got an e-newsletter from the North Pole and Santa passed along these writing tips from the Gingerbread Man, posted for the young-at-heart who are writing novels this year. As our holiday gift to you, We are offering all 5 Winter and Holiday Writing Tips series posts as a free pdf: Download Winter…

  • 12 Days of Christmas Writing Tips

    Happy Holidays Just got an e-newsletter from the North Pole and Santa had these writing tips posted for the young-at-heart who are writing novels this year. Stay tuned: Santa promised to send me Rudolph’s writing tips tomorrow. As our holiday gift to you, We are offering all 5 Winter and Holiday Writing Tips series posts…

  • Santa Claus’ Top 5 Writing Tips

    Happy Holidays Just got an e-newsletter from the North Pole and Santa had these writing tips posted for the young-at-heart who are writing novels this year. Stay tuned: Santa promised to send me writing tips based on “The 12 Days of Christmas” tomorrow. As our holiday gift to you, We are offering all 5 Winter…

  • 12 Perfect Gifts for Writers in 2012

    For the holiday season, I am asking people what Writerly Things would you buy if someone gave you $1000. Here are my suggestions for some Writerly Things. I think you’ll still have some change left over for a cup of coffee! I recently attended the Arkansas Reading Association convention and met Newbery Honor winner (x…

  • 3 Writing Tips from the Season

    Creative writing tips, courtesy of the season: Peppermints! When you add sensory details to a story, the most common is visual details. The two most neglected are olfactory (smell) and gustatory (taste). Flavors of the season are peppermint, cinnamon and cloves. Gifts! Give your character something to hold in his/her hands. It’s one of the…