Hey all, Sam and David here. Midweek again already...and the start of a new month. Wow. I can't believe that. The weather is starting to get a bit nicer, so we are starting to do a little more "spring cleaning" and work around the house. One of our bigger projects that we can handle without… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – March 1
Category: Weekend Writer
Weekend Writer: February Writing Prompt Share Time
Hey all, Sam here. Well, today is the first of hopefully many monthly prompt sharing blog posts. I admit to being a bit nervous with this one. I haven't shared my writing publicly in a while, aside from my blog posts anyway. I've shared a few short stories and such with some friends over the… Continue reading Weekend Writer: February Writing Prompt Share Time
WIP Wednesday – Feb 22
Hey all, Sam and David here. Somehow, once again, it is the middle of the week already. It feels like January stretched on for a long time, but February is flying past. Is that because it's the shortest month? I don't know. But we have less than a week left this month, and that's a… Continue reading WIP Wednesday – Feb 22
Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Two: The End is Where We Start From – Scene One
Hey all, Sam here. Welcome back to Weekend Writer. I'm excited to have you here. This week I'm delving into the next section of The Writer's Guide to Beginnings: How to Craft Story Openings That Sell by Paula Munier, and while I definitely feel that you can jump into this chapter by chapter deep dive… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter Two: The End is Where We Start From – Scene One
Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter One: In the Beginning Was the Word – The Anatomy of a First Page
Hey all, Sam here. Wow, okay. Back again on another lovely Friday. I hope you are all doing great, and I hope you have cool plans for the weekend. I'm hoping to do some writing...or at the very least plotting and world-building. Anyway, well here we are at another Weekend Writer post, and this is… Continue reading Weekend Writer: The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings by Paula Munier – Chapter One: In the Beginning Was the Word – The Anatomy of a First Page
Weekend Writer: Back To Basics (and Prompts)
Hey all, Sam here. Okay, let's try this again. I had ideas and plans for getting back into writing and getting back into blogging, and feeling like the old me again. But not even two weeks into the new year and my father-in-law was in the ICU and it wasn't looking good, and then a… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Back To Basics (and Prompts)
Welcome to the Free State of Geek!
Hey all, Sam here. Sorry for the silence the past couple weeks. Had some conversations that led to sort of a depressive funk. Coming out of that was a little bit of a process, but it led to the realization that it was time to formalize some changes that we had been planning on for… Continue reading Welcome to the Free State of Geek!
Goals for 2023
Hey all, Sam here. Okay, so I guess today is going to be sort of a shorter post compared to my last ones. But I think it's important to take some time to at least have a rough plan or idea for the year ahead, so I'm going to do that now. Reading For reading,… Continue reading Goals for 2023
Weekend Writer: Tools and Prompts
Hey all, Sam here. Here we are at the first official Weekend Writer post! Oh boy, I am both excited and very nervous about this. I've been wanting to get back to writing, and I thought I was starting to get my creative drive back a few months ago, but then some stuff happened and… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Tools and Prompts
I’m Bringing Weekend Writer Back
Hey all, Sam here. I said I had more announcements to make, and here I am with another one...I'm bringing my Weekend writer series back! Well....with some adjustments. When I started Weekend Writer, I was just taking books on the craft of writing and breaking them down into sections, and diving deep into one section… Continue reading I’m Bringing Weekend Writer Back
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