For all of us writers blogging, slogging and bogging down in the publishing labyrinth, I decided to publish my tips and shortcuts. My bookmarking system had started to feel like the snake pit from Raiders of the Lost Ark. This organizes and sets out part of my writing journey, including some books on writing I love. Feel free to leave me some of your favorite sites or books.
Tip of the Day: When I know a paragraph is duller than untoasted white bread, I look at my links for sensory words or my own ABCs of Fairy Tales for some sugar and spice.
Copyright 2016 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: This is a new category of posting for me. I view myself as a beginner writer, despite having been published first in high school and despite years of blogging. Hearing Kami Garcia speak at a SCBWI conference and reading Big Magic made me realize that every writer starting a new book or project feels like a beginner. That’s the magic of writing. It’s always new and challenging. I decided to share my journey, despite feeling like I’m only a few footsteps down the path. If you’re as bogged down as I am, maybe we can help each other.
I will enjoy seeing tips on the subject of publishing, especially from you! 🙂
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Thanks, Robin! May we all get published one day. 🙂
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That’s a great idea Brenda, thanks so much for sharing your ideas and inspirations and places of help! I bookmarked PhotoPin, I’ve not heard of that before, I think it will be very helpful if I get stuck for an image, especially for the magazine. I have a long list of some very good creative commons image sites plus video and music too. If you would be interested in finding more I can give you links to them in a Twitter message if you like? Interesting an image I selected, I eventually found it on Flickr under creative commons, so it’s very accurate. In the last few weeks I uploaded a collection of my recent photography to Flickr and set most of those pictures to a creative commons licence too, might as well, I’m not planing on selling any of it, and I’ve borrowed a lot of images over the years myself. I guess in time some of my pictures could end up in the PhotoPin lists. That was a very timely find!
I’ve been thinking of creating something similar on my additional pages, but just haven’t found the time to do it yet. Time…time…so little of it…so annoying! I’ll get there in the end! 😀
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Sure, send me a twitter link, and I’ll try to put it up on my page. I’m glad you found my Writing Tips useful. I’d forgotten what most of my bookmarks were, and it was taking forever to scroll through. It helps having it in one place, organized by the stage of progress. I only use my own images or with permission of someone, but I know lots of people use those sites, so I thought it was worth putting it there to help out other bloggers. I’ve thought about writing a series of posts on why to blog, how to blog, tips on wordpress, etc, but I’d have to find time. 🙂 I’m hoping to get to it, over time.
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I think it’s a good idea, I’ve been thinking the same, it’s certainly a good subject for people to Google – might find your blog in the process! 🙂
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Perhaps so. 🙂
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Thanks for sharing. I know how you feel.
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Good for you for starting a new writing venture! I love SCBWI, it’s such a supportive group!
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I wish I could’ve gone to this year’s NE conference, but I had a conflict.
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Great photo and interesting and clever wordplay, Brenda! 🙂
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Thanks, Dina!
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Is it sad that I have read Big Magic more than once? Thanks for your advice, I will take it wherever I can get it 😊
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Why would that be sad? The woman is a powerful writer and imaginer. I like the way she imagines the world.
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I might like it too much😊
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Not possible. 🙂
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Writer’s bog! What a clever play on words. Writing can be a complete drag sometimes. I am procrastinating about writing at the moment so I can identify with your feelings.
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Bog, fog, clog, slog. I can see why blog was the word chosen for this internet exfoliation we call art. 😉 A lot of writing is thinking. Even when I’m not writing, I’m thinking… 🙂
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Yep – I agree. The characters of the e-novel I wrote come to visit me when I’m doing mundane chores like washing the dishes. They are telling me more of their story and prodding me to write a sequel to that novel. I am procrastinating on starting though for writing is such an introverted activity – a complete commitment is required.
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I’m taking on two major edits to books. They won’t leave me alone either. 🙂
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
BRENDA NAVIGATES IN A NEW DIRECTION…NOT BEING BOGGED DOWN!
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LOL Glug, glug, glug (that’s me going under).
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CAREFUL! you may disturb a sleeping snapper! 🙂
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I snap back. 🙂
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Great photo!! Ha ha.
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🙂
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I sure do need some of this advice right now! Have saved it to read at leisure…
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It’s a lot of info. XOXO
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Me too! 🙂
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If we pool resources, we might get out of the bog quicker. 🙂
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🙂 🙂
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A valuable resource, Brenda. Really good advice. Thanks for posting.
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I’m glad you think so, Cynthia. It’s surprisingly hard for me to put myself out there as a writer despite being published, despite teaching writing and despite years of blogging. It was eye-opening to realize I’m not alone in feeling that way. XOXO
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Yup, I know. I have a post coming up on ‘second creations’ and how nerve-wracking they are. As you know, my second book is due out next month.
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Yeah! Congrats!
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