Writers Life Wednesday – Building An Author Platform
All of us wannabes want to know how to make it as an author. We want to know how to make ourselves do the work when we’re not motivated...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 27, 20153 min read
Waiting is the Hardest Part, Rejections are a Close Second – Story Submissions
I’ve been sending stories into magazines and contests again (after not even trying for about 4 years because I wasn’t doing anything with...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 27, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
1. The jar of peanut butter’s attacking again. 2. Allergy shots for something unusual. 3. Water drinking competition. Every Monday I’ll...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 26, 20152 min read
Boy’s bday cake and a binge-watching weekend.
My boyfriend’s birthday was on Friday and we had his party on Saturday. Since he’s a photographer, I wanted to make this camera cake for...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 24, 20154 min read
Zombie Quarantine – I’m sick but still workin’ it, cuz writers don’t quit.
I’ve had a cold this week, pretty bad the past two days, and thus, have been basically useless. Even stayed home from work. And...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 20, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
1. Poker game goes horribly wrong. 2. The coffee tastes weak today, why? 3. Lizard loose in the office. Every Monday I’ll give you a...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 16, 20152 min read
Trivia Thursday – Contemporary Fantasy Authors
Alright, my legally related posts don’t get a lot of answers and I know I made the last one way too hard. So here’s some trivia for the...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 15, 20153 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – CampNano Problems
I’m doing CampNano and so far, it’s not going great. My word goal was 65K, then I bumped it down to 50K, and I’m about 9K behind where...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 13, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
1. People pirating bananas. 2. The trees are attacking! 3. Guns that shoot marshmallows. Every Monday I’ll give you a wacky prompt or...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 8, 20152 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Write Small: 5 ways to make your reader care
This is cut and pasted from here: http://writerswrite.co.za/write-small-five-ways-to-make-your-reader-care I don’t take credit for it,...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 6, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
1. Job Interview with an animal. 2. Smuggling water into someplace in an alcohol bottle. 3. Mysterious medical condition makes one of...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 3, 20155 min read
Plotter or Pantster – It’s a Sliding Scale
Welcome to today’s edition of Lecture Amie. Read the sign and remember, you’re parked in the Gibbons lot 😉 It’s decided, I can not be a...
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amiegibbons15
Apr 1, 20151 min read
Camp Nano Starts Today! – Plot: The Hero’s Journey
Camp Nano starts today and thousands of us are rearing up to write, write, write! Whooooooooo! My word goal is 65K (Yes, I know i’m...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 30, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
1. MC’s sick, but this is no common cold. 2. The dinos, griffins and unicorns play date is not going well. 3. Person has a mysterious...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 27, 20153 min read
When You’re Bored, Where Does Your Imagination Go? That’s Your Next Story.
One week till CampNano and I simply must start a new story. CampNano starts April 1st and, much like Nanowrimo in November, it’s a race...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 25, 20153 min read
WritersLife Wednesday – Jim Butcher’s Pep Talk From Nano
CampNano starts in one week!!! Head explodes and I suck it up and prep anyway 🙂 Here’s a Pep Talk from one of my favorite authors, a...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 23, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
1. First date, what’s the worst that could happen? 2. A hippo’s in a tutu and it’s pissed. 3. Your worst fear flies in your face. Every...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 22, 20151 min read
Writer Inspiration Sunday
Quotes to make Monday a bit more bearable 🙂 Happy Writing It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly. – C....
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amiegibbons15
Mar 18, 20152 min read
WriterLife Wednesday – Step Two, The Mini-Synopsis Assignment
I posted Step One of Dr. Amie’s Plot Fixer Elixir – The Blurb and now, I’ve finally done my own assignment. My drunken cat plot of a...
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amiegibbons15
Mar 16, 20151 min read
Coffee Prompt Monday
Case of the Mondays? Try these writers prompts to swing you into the week. 1. Have a Dr. prescribe her patient coffee (couldn’t help it,...
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