A Literary Lifestyle
Rejection is easily the hardest part of being a writer and content creator. Writing and creating are such personal acts and hearing “no” can be soul-crushing. But here’s the thing about rejection: it can also be your best friend. Once I got serious about wanting to turn writing into a career, I realized that I…
Continue reading ➞ How I healed my relationship with rejection
Like the title says: today, I'm going to solve all of your writing problems. And yes, I am a fairy godmother.
A few weeks ago, I stumbled upon Paper Blots' rendition of The Rising Author Tag and since it's been a minute since I've posted a tag (and a minute since I've talked about writing), I figured I'd lump these two things together in one happy lil post. I'm not tagging anyone or necessarily following the…
Continue reading ➞ My Writing Habits, Current Project, and a Writing Snippet // Rising Author Tag
Today, I'm discussing something that impacts my life on a daily basis: why I hate sharing my writing. As a writer, my goal is to publish my work. The thought of holding my book, flipping through its pages and knowing that readers around the world are doing the very same, quite literally gets me out…
Continue reading ➞ On Writer Shyness // Why We Don’t Want People to Read Our Work
As a young writer, people are often all to eager to give me advice. My age and desired profession give off the idea that I'm young and naïve and have very little perspective on "making it big" as a writer. To an effect, they're right: I am young, I am somewhat naïve, but I'd like…
Let's not beat around the bush: I don't like outlining. If you've been with me long enough, you've certainly read about my distaste for the practice. If you're just joining us on this little journey of mine and didn't know my stance on outlining, now we're all on the same page. In real life, my tendencies…
Continue reading ➞ Annie’s Take on Outlining (and Why She Doesn’t Like It)
Today, I'm addressing the bane of every writer's existence: writer's block. It's that feeling when you know you should be writing something, but you can't think of anything but complete, utter garbage. Of all writing-related topics to discuss, I feel like this is the topic we bloggers turn to with a startling frequency. Writers are…
Hello, friends! Today I'm going to share a little bit about my month in terms of what I read, what I wrote, and what I did with my life other than obsessing over literature. Let's do this. This month I was a good little reader. I finally caught up to my Goodreads challenge and am feeling…
Today I'm going to share with you some of my favorite applications on iPhone and Mac that help me write. There are so many options for writing aids these days as far as applications go and these are some of my tried and true favorites: WordPress: Duh! I love the mobile app--it's so easy…
Today, I'm addressing the hotly disputed (well, not hotly disputed, but disputed nonetheless) topic: dialogue tags. Let's start with a definition. A dialogue tag is a phrase that follows, precedes, or breaks up dialogue in writing to describe how the character in question spoke. For example, in the sentence "'I love to read Annie Likes…
Continue reading ➞ Annie Talks Dialogue Tags: A Discussion Post
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