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Weekend Writer: February Prompt Share

Hey all, Sam here. Hello and welcome back to another installment in the Weekend Writer series. I've mentioned it before, but this 2024 edition has been streamlined a little bit. While I love the previous incarnation of Weekend Writer, the posts took me a long time to prep up and write, which left me feeling… Continue reading Weekend Writer: February Prompt Share

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Weekend Writer: Quotes from Stop Worrying; Start Writing: How to Overcome Fear, Self-Doubt and Procrastination by Sarah Painter

Hey all, Sam here. Happy Friday, and welcome back to another Weekend Writer post. This is my first month of following through with setting up my posts this way, so hopefully it goes well. On the first Friday of the month, I shared a new set of creative writing prompts, and last Friday I shared… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Quotes from Stop Worrying; Start Writing: How to Overcome Fear, Self-Doubt and Procrastination by Sarah Painter

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Weekend Writer: Stop Worrying; Start Writing: How to Overcome Fear, Self-Doubt, and Procrastination by Sarah Painter

Hey all, Sam here. Welcome back to another installment of the Weekend Writer series here on the blog. I had meant to really get things together for the new iteration of this series last month, but all I managed was the usual prompt generation and then prompt share. I hope to not drop the ball… Continue reading Weekend Writer: Stop Worrying; Start Writing: How to Overcome Fear, Self-Doubt, and Procrastination by Sarah Painter

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Weekend Writer: February 2024 Prompts

Hey all, Sam here. Weekend Writer is back! As I mentioned in a previous post, I am making some changes to how this blog series works, mostly because I was spending so much time prepping and writing these weekly posts and it left me so drained. I absolutely loved writing all the writing posts and… Continue reading Weekend Writer: February 2024 Prompts

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Weekend Writer: January Prompt Share

Hey all, Sam here. Wow, what a month it has been. I had fully planned on making a grand return to blogging to start my 2024 off on the right foot...but, of course, January loves to throw curveballs at me. We had a few extra cold and snowy days in the early part of the… Continue reading Weekend Writer: January Prompt Share

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Top Twenty Reads of 2023

Hey all, Sam here. It feels like I'm a little behind schedule with this post, but I promise that I'm not. Usually in the last week or two of a year, I see so many posts and videos and reels where bookternet folks are posting their top ten reads of the year...and sure, there's nothing… Continue reading Top Twenty Reads of 2023

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Weekend Writer: January Prompts

Hey all, Sam here. Weekend Writer is back! As I mentioned in a previous post, I am making some changes to how this blog series works, mostly because I was spending so much time prepping and writing these weekly posts and it left me so drained. I absolutely loved writing all the writing posts and… Continue reading Weekend Writer: January Prompts

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Goals for 2024

Hey all, Sam here. Usually when it comes time for a new year, a lot of people start making New Year's Resolutions...and some even manage to stick to them. Overall though, I tend to see so many of those resolutions get dropped early on in the year...which is why I prefer to set goals for… Continue reading Goals for 2024

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Weekend Writer: October Prompts

Hey all, Sam here. I completely messed up the order my posts were supposed to be posted this weekend. I was supposed to do the first chapter of No Plot? No Problem! today. Yesterday I was meant to do my October prompts, as it was the first Friday of the month. I use several story… Continue reading Weekend Writer: October Prompts

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Weekend Writer: No Plot? No Problem! A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty – Chapter One

Hey all, Sam here. Even with taking out the chapter's title from this post's title, it still feels like a long title. I guess that's what happens when the book has a long title and so do some of the chapters. That's okay though. Anyway, hello, and welcome back to Weekend Writer. NaNoWriMo is coming.… Continue reading Weekend Writer: No Plot? No Problem! A Low-Stress, High-Velocity Guide to Writing a Novel in 30 Days by Chris Baty – Chapter One