Category: Blog
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What is your writing goal for today?
Is it determined by time? Is it determined by word count? Are you trying to do a little more than yesterday – or more than last week? Are you keeping track of a larger goal to reach by a later point? No matter how you break down your goals, it’s…
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Setting Goals for the New Year
As we approach the new year, I know it’s tempting to look back and consider all the things we didn’t do. I urge you, instead, to only glance at the past, take a small mental note, and push forward to pursue new ventures. I’m sure you’ve heard before that you…
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Writing Challenge: Dialogue Conflict / Fight Scene
Writing Prompt: Write a short fight scene between two characters, where neither of them say anything negative to each other. “You’re faster now.” The sweat leaked from his brow as he circled her in the sand. His blade hung low, nearly drawing a line in the ground as he held…
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If You Could See It
A bold kissHis ungentle lips as he stole my breathThe words he said with my own airA hand behind my hip, one locked in my hairDon’t you remember? I askedThe way you stared and laid me bareThose deep eyes of oceans and greenGlowing with lust and promise and easeIs it…
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Writers: How To Reach Your Word Count Goals This Month
It’s here – November! An entire new month, or an entire new chance to reset your goals from the month before if you didn’t quite meet them. Maybe you weren’t even halfway to achieving your last month’s goal because it just seemed so overwhelming. If your aspiration is to be…
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“Shreds of Sanity” & Author Tip
It clung to her with a vengeance like a vile creature from hell. Her ears rang with the shrieking, a maddened sound that grew with fury. Clutching her head, she could feel it digging into her brain, little more than a leech determined to prey upon her last shreds of…
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I wonder at the sea.
Sometimes, I stare at the sea and I wonder. I wonder how the stars look from just below the surface. I wonder whether the sea can feel sad. The sea will never kiss the stars, no matter how much their light is reflected in its skin. The sea knows the…
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Now Available: The Problem with Pell
My name is Olivia Cook, and I’m dating the proprietor of sexual deviancy amongst the wealthy. Months into their relationship, Olivia couldn’t be happier. Jack spoils her, teases her, and pleases her while discreetly balancing his work at the Playhouse. But when a Playhouse party becomes a little untamed, Olivia…
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We saw dragonflies.
Today, while playing with my son in the backyard, we were surrounded by dragonflies. They hummed in the air, they perched on nearby branches, and they dashed daringly through the water that sprayed through the air from the hose. And then I saw red ones – three of them –…
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Who The Hell Is Jackson Pell
FREE with Kindle Unlimited (or $2.99) and available in paperback! Book 2 is coming soon! Click HERE to view Who The Hell Is Jackson Pell on Amazon!
VICKI SWEETS 