by Sadira Stone | Oct 1, 2019 | Insecure Writers Support Group, Writing
Welcome, October! My favorite month, full of golden sunshine, brilliant leaves crunching underfoot, and crisp, cool weather. (Now watch, it’ll start raining as the gods smack me down for my optimism.) I also love Halloween, the least stressful of the winter/fall...
by Sadira Stone | Sep 18, 2019 | #MFRW Blog Challenge, News, Writing
I’ve been absent from the MFRW blog hop for a few weeks due to family visits and an author event. Je m’excuse. This week’s topic: Why you should or shouldn’t enter a writing contest. Join the conversation here: http://mfrw52week.blogspot.com/ The chief draws of...
by Sadira Stone | Sep 3, 2019 | Insecure Writers Support Group, Writing
What’s this nonsense about the end of summer? Here in Tacoma, Washington, we’re expecting 80 degrees today. As far as I’m concerned, if I can wear shorts, it’s summer. In any case—welcome, September! Now that I’m no longer marching to the rhythm of the school year, I...
by Sadira Stone | Aug 30, 2019 | Writing
Today’s topic for the Marketing for Romance Writers blog challenge is Time Travel: When and where would you go, and why? Care to join the conversation? https://mfrw52week.blogspot.com/ Ooh! What a juicy topic! I haven’t yet dipped my pen into the historical fiction...
by Sadira Stone | Aug 5, 2019 | Insecure Writers Support Group, Writing
“Summer’s lease hath all too short a date.” –William Shakespeare Summer has reached peak ripeness, stretched taught with heat, heavy with juicy enjoyment, sweet with long, lazy days. It’s a pleasure tinged with sadness, too,...
by Sadira Stone | Aug 1, 2019 | #MFRW Blog Challenge, Writing
Can you believe it’s August already? My math teacher husband reminds me why I’m constantly astonished at how rapidly the months and seasons fly by: When we’re ten, a year is ten percent of our lives and thus seems a very long time. But at my age, a year is less than...
