NOTE: This post was first published in 2012 on the ACFW blog. A writing friend of mine is attending the ACFW conference for the first time this year. She is …
Learn to Use Hashtags Effectively
Today I want to jump into one of the most important tool in your social media arsenal, hashtags. Hashtags—especially for Twitter—can be incredibly valuable in helping us increase out audience. …
Using Symbolism in your Description!
A Quick and Easy Tool for Writing Description (part 2) This month we’ve been talking about Extreme Scene Makeover and diving into description. I introduced the acronym FOCUS, a …
If You Don’t Know What To Do, Make ‘Em Sad
Riding my bike the other day, musing over my work-in-progress while also contemplating the book “The Nightingale” which I’d just finished, I realized that there is a certain sadness to …
A Quick and Easy Tool for Writing Description (part 1)
Extreme Wordsmithing Makeover: A Quick and Easy Tool for Writing Description (part 1) This month we’ve been talking about Weak Writing Fixes and diving into description. Last week I …