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...

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...

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...

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...

Quotes to make Monday a bit more bearable 🙂  Happy Writing It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly. – C....

This is a series I’m doing every Thursday.  I’ll give you 3 to 7 questions on the law, literature, writing and/or science, and you answer...

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...

This is my legal series about IP law (named Trademark Tuesdays because that sounds better 🙂  As always, this is to be taken as...

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,...

Quotes to kick off your week and get you through the dreaded Monday. “When I sit down to write a book, I do not say to myself, ‘I am...

It’s baaaaaaaaack.  Friday the Thirteenth is here to torment you by stealing your luck all over again, and this time, it’s personal…...

Every Friday I’m going to share a post or three from people who got questions right on Trivia Thursdays.  Yesterday, Dave got all the...

This is a post I did about a month ago on the great quotes by one of my favorite quotable writers.  RIP Sir Terry Pratchett, what you...

Hey guys, for the writing tips and tricks today, I’ve dragged up one of my favorite pep talks from Nanowrimo last November.  This doesn’t...

It’s another installation of Legal Lecture Amie.  Today – Trademarks! And, as always, this is to be taken as entertainment and not as any...

Prompts: 1. Pull an electronic device out of the fridge. 2. Use music as a weapon. 3. Throw someone into marshmallows. I’m starting a new...

I gave myself (and you, dear readers!) a challenge here: https://authoramiegibbons.wordpress.com/2015/03/04/first-novels-beginnings-how-t...

In this post, we’re going to play a game.  It’s kind of 20 questions, I never, er… other question games that are fun with drinking. You...

Beginnings can be tricky.  Trickier still for the novice novelist.  A common plot mistake we’ve all seen when critiquing new novelists...

Camp Nano is sort of an extension of Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) and it’s done in April and July.  Basically you are doing...