Let’s get this out of the way. Yes, writing is it’s own reward, blah blah blah. Drafting banter, perfecting a gorgeous sentence, getting to “the end” – those are all rewards, and some of the many reasons we write. BUT, most of the time, writing is hard work. Why? Because you, the writer, have a… Continue reading Writing Rewards! + Random Stranger Things Gifs
So. Somehow on a blog called Writer’s Block Party, we haven’t really talked all that much about Writer’s Block. Writer’s Block means something different to everyone, and I’m not going to sit here and debate with you whether it’s real or not. Everyone’s process is different, and everyone’s struggles are different, too. My version… Continue reading The Pit of Despair
Welcome everyone! It’s Traci Time where we interview Traci Chee author of THE READER and THE SPEAKER. I’m Traci’s arch nemesis, Meg. Your newest book THE SPEAKER came out November 7th, please give us a quick pitch for it! Hello Meg! (Alas that we should be enemies when we could have made such great friends.)… Continue reading Author Spotlight: The Deviously Clever Traci Chee
I had my first R&R experience this year and it was incredible. Yes, initially I was freaking out for days and months on end. But then it clicked. And it was glorious. I wouldn’t take back any moment of stressing out about it because I needed all of that to happen in order to make… Continue reading Tackling an R&R
When deciding who your main character is, the go-to person is usually the heroine of the story. The person who has virtue and good intentions that will carry the reader to a probable happily ever after. However, not all stories are so straightforward, and some of our favorite reads include antiheroines who don’t act the… Continue reading Reading Recs for Anti-Heroines
So, as you may or may not have noticed, I announced something this weekend. Something I’d been keeping a secret since August. Something I still can’t talk about without getting a little bit teary eyed, no matter how many people I tell. I’m going to be a published author! https://twitter.com/christineexists/status/926897530914435079 THE DEVOURING GRAY, my debut… Continue reading How I Got My Book Deal With Christine Lynn Herman
Hi all! Happy NaNoWriMo 2017! Hope you’ve gotten your writing off to a great start. Since our blog is all about advice, inspiration and community we thought we’d all band together to give some advice from our own personal NaNoWriMo experiences and to cheer everyone on! Meg: I’ve tried NaNoWriMo a few times in the… Continue reading NaNoWriMo advice from WBP
Welcome to What We’re Reading: Halloween Edition, where we tell you our spookiest reads! Just a note, some of these covers are what nightmares are made of! Melody is reading AMONG THE SHADOWS: 13 STORIES OF DARKNESS & LIGHT ANTHOLOGY by Kate Karyus Quinn, Mindy McGinnis, Demitria Lunetta Even the lightest hearts have shaded corners to hide the black thoughts… Continue reading What We’re Reading: Halloween Edition
SOOOZ!!! Ahem. What I meant to say was: Today, we’ll be catching up with Susan Dennard, author of the Something Strange and Deadly series, as well as the Witchlands series (Truthwitch and Windwitch). Specifically, we’ll be discussing National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and The Mighty Pens. Welcome to Writer’s Block Party, Sooz! So we’ve been talking… Continue reading Author Spotlight: Susan Dennard, on NaNoWriMo and The Mighty Pens
I’m going to use a blog about writing to talk about blogging about writing (so meta!). So, since we talk a lot about writing and publishing, I figure it fits to talk about some ways we create our author platforms. One of the biggest social media platforms for writers is blogging. So, when you decide… Continue reading Blogging as a Writer
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