Personal Motivation
By Lynn Dean, on July 12th, 2010
You may have noticed that The Ponderers site we visited last week is actually The MBT Ponderers.
“MBT” stands for My Book Therapy, an excellent tutorial site where Susan May Warren and Rachel Hauck teach the fundamentals of good writing. You can join and become one of their “Voices” to participate in Monday night online chats–a different topic each week. These two ladies are considered by many to be tops in editing and coaching Christian fiction writers, so this is another good site to save as a favorite.
Personal Motivation
By Lynn Dean, on July 9th, 2010
Time to explore another genre. Summer is a great time to try on different styles and challenge your imagination!
You don’t have to write a whole novel–just 500 words. It could be a short story or the first scene in a project to be finished later. The only “rule” is that your story should make reference in some way to the images pictured below:
Please consider sharing a part of what you write. Reading the work of others is also a great way to get inspired with new ideas!
Personal Motivation
By Lynn Dean, on July 5th, 2010
One to Watch!
The Ponderers is a brand new site featuring our own Teri Dawn Smith, a recent finalist in the ACFW Genesis competition.
These ladies are all excellent writers with an abundance of exciting ideas. You may want to bookmark this one!
Personal Motivation
By Lynn Dean, on July 2nd, 2010
Ready to spice things up? Last time we let one picture paint a thousand words. This time, let’s aim for a short story that includes some reference to the subjects pictured below.
To me, these images suggest historical fiction or historical romance, but you don’t have to limit yourself to those. What other genres might you be able to work with?
You’re welcome to share your ideas in the comment section.
Personal Motivation, Plotting
By Lynn Dean, on June 28th, 2010
Randy Ingermanson says:
I’m a physicist, an author, and probably dangerously disturbed. I write about “The intersection of Science Avenue and Faith Boulevard” because that’s the corner where I live. This neighborhood doesn’t have many lights, so you see a lot of accidents around here. Be careful of the flying glass! My job in life is to disturb your universe. I hope that’s not a problem. An undisturbed universe is a dull universe.
Sounds like an interesting guy, right? You have yet to scratch the surface! 
Read more about him at http://www.ingermanson.com/ and be SURE to check out his blog at the Advanced Fiction Writing blog (http://www.advancedfictionwriting.com/blog/). While you’re there, give his Snowflake plotting method a look. Many writers find this a wonderfully helpful tool for plotting a story.
