A NOVEL IS A SEDUCTION
Alright, first of all, sorry about the neglect the past two weeks. I’m home for the holidays (check the pretty pretty pic) and they have...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 18, 20142 min read
1L
(Picture of the Vandy Law Class of 2013 on our first day of law school. Babies, just babies.) This is a poem I wrote at the end of 1L...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 16, 201410 min read
JIM BUTCHER ON WRITING – SEQUELS
So, this is another “cop-out” post. Where instead of coming up with stuff on writing, hashing out my process, or just plain ranting, I...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 15, 20142 min read
QUOTES ON WRITING – SOME INSPIRATION TO KICK OFF YOUR WEEK
I don’t know about you, but I’ve got a bad case of the Mondays. It’s the first day of the last week I have to work this year and I’m...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 12, 20145 min read
THE LAW FOR WRITERS – WHAT’S WRONG WITH HTGAWM?
A little while ago I posted an article on the law for writers. It got lonnnnnng, so long that people told me it was too difficult to...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 10, 20142 min read
FIGHTING AND FASHION – DRESSING TO KILL
I recently joined Scribophile.com and one of the groups is on fighting. Basically writer’s discussing weapons and how to write...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 9, 20143 min read
WRITER’S CRISIS! – THE FINAL BATTLE EDITION
No! Not again. I moan, I whine, I rend garments. My brain is wrung out like a junkie. See? I’m mixing my similes over here. It’s...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 5, 20143 min read
PEP TALK FROM JIM BUTCHER DURING NANO
This is a pep talk from Jim Butcher from the final week of Nanowrimo. It is quite possibly my favorite one, not surprising since I love...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 4, 20141 min read
NEED HELP FINDING WORD COUNT GRAPHICS
I need help. One of the great things about Nanowrimo was the chart keeping track of your words. You’d write and click on your word...
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amiegibbons15
Dec 2, 20142 min read
NANO’S OVER! I CAN BE LAZY NOW BECAUSE I’M DONE, RIGHT?
No, you’re not done! You’re a writer. There is no done. There is simply the next chapter, next rewrite, next story. Nanowrimo is...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 30, 20142 min read
LAST DAY OF NANO STEP BY STEP SURVIVAL GUIDE
So, we’ve made it. The last day of Nanowrimo, where you’re either celebrating, writing furiously to meet the finish line, or scowling at...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 29, 20141 min read
I WON NANOWRIMO!
I hit 50,000 words today, and won Nano! Not done yet though. I have hit the final battle, the climax of the novel, and probably have...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 28, 20142 min read
Setting – Using Pinterest
I am saying this up front, I am BAD at setting. I will do a quick description like living room, and move on because I like action and...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 23, 20142 min read
20 NANOWRIMO CHALLENGES
In the Nashville chatroom, we have a computer bot named Timmy that is creepily good at responding to us. We’ll post and he’ll talk to...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 20, 20143 min read
WEEK THREE WRITER’S CRISIS! TIME FOR AN EXPLOSION!
So you’ve been writing your novel for Nanowrimo and you’ve been chugging along, churning out words every day. Maybe you fell behind a...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 14, 20148 min read
LAW BASICS FOR WRITERS (AKA, ON BEHALF OF ALL LAWYERS, NEVER PUT THESE MISTAKES IN YOUR WRITING AGAI
Have you ever watched a show or read a book where the characters are in your profession and the writers just get so many things wrong? I...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 12, 20147 min read
NANOWRIMO PEP TALKS FROM THE WRITERS
Hey guys, I’m saying up front nothing in this post is my work and I claim none of it (I make that so obvious to satisfy the lawyer in me...
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amiegibbons15
Nov 9, 20145 min read
YOU’RE NOT LAZY IF YOU’RE TRYING TO WRITE AND JUST CAN’T – ASK YOURSELF WHAT
I’ve been doing Nano this month and so far I’m not quite keeping up but I’m doing pretty damn good for someone with a full time job, LSAT...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 30, 20141 min read
NANOWRIMO
Alright, I didn’t want to do this because I have a severe fear of commitment and failure, but the best way to get myself to actually do...
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amiegibbons15
Oct 29, 20144 min read
PERSONALITY TYPE ASSIGNMENT – ENFJ IN ACTION
(This is the scene written based on the assignment here:https://authoramiegibbons.wordpress.com/2014/10/24/hey-baby-whats-your-personalit...
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