“There are no mistakes–only new material.” ~~B. Lynn Goodwin Writing Tips We’ll start with these five basic ideas and build the writing tips page regularly. Look at these when you feel stuck. Send me your suggestions. You’ll get credit. 1. Depending on the story, either write from the heart or write
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Writing Advice – Volume 19 Number 2
WRITING ADVICE FROM FLASH PROSE EXPERTS Last year I asked our finalists what tips they’d give to those who wanted to improve their flash fiction. Here’s a collection of what they said: From Corrie Adams, author of our winner, “Iceburg Season” Waste no words. Everything should do double duty. For example, dialogue should written
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Web Site Review – Volume 19 Number 2
Instead of focusing on web site this month, I invited the women in IWWG, http://www.iwwg.org/ to share a bit of information about their blogs. If you’d like a sampling of what women writers are sharing with the world, visit the sites below. Consider commenting on the latest post. It’s a great way to give back to
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Hooked On Books – Volume 19 Number 2
TALENT Written by B. Lynn Goodwin and Reviewed by Ann McCauleyISBN# 978-1629293356Eternal Press This Kid Has Got Talent! B. Lynn Goodwin’s formidable debut Young Adult novel, Talent, is told through the voice of 15 year old Sandee Mason. It is about the challenges she faces as she attempts to establish a separate identity from the
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Flash – Volume 19 Number 2
EDITOR’S NOTE: Reading the Scintillating Starts you submitted was an eye-opening experience. I had trouble knowing whether many of them were memoir or fiction. That didn’t figure into my decision about the winners, but it made me realize that I could honor more people if we had separate contests for fiction and memoir. In 2016
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An Interview with B. Lynn Goodwin: Writer Advice Editor and Author of TALENT Jill Hedgecock was the first person to interview me about my coming of age novel, TALENT. People wrote back. One, a writing peer, said she learned a lot about me. Another said she got insights into the way I think. I
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Blurb Your Book
Blurb Your Book or Promote Your Writing Service Would you like a bit of low-cost promotion for your book(s)? Here’s how this page works. 1. Send us a 1-2 sentence summary and a couple of blurbs, either from your cover or from reviews. Less is more. If you send too much, we’ll edit. 2. Send
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Workshops
Upcoming Workshops & Events I’m the Journaling Guru at Caregiver Village, a new website opening soon at www.caregivervillage.com. Take a peek today, read my journals if you like, and let me know if you’d like to be notified when the site officially opens. This summer I’m offering an online group through Story Circle Network, www.storycircle.org/,
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Eager to Learn MoreWould you like a journaling workshop for your organization or group? If you are within four hours of the San Francisco Bay Area, Lynn can visit for a face-to-face introductory workshop at no charge to your organization. Other workshops can be arranged for a nominal fee. E-mail Lgood67334@comcast.net for information. She’ll be
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Journaling for Caregivers, Characters, and Yourself Why Journal? – New Chance to Share Your Thoughts 1. Set a timer for 10 minutes. Complete one of these sentence starts. Keep writing. 2. Let the words flow. Don’t judge. 3. When the time rings, stop. 4. Read what you’ve read and underline what has energy. 5. Send
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Writing Advice – Volume 21 Number 4
Writing Advice: What an Editor Looks For An interview with Lynn Yvonne Moon by B. Lynn Goodwin When I submitted Never Too Late: From Wannabe to Wife at 62 to Koehler Books, www.koehlerbooks.com, the acquisitions editor who read it was Lynn Moon. She’d been a finalist in Writer Advice’s 2015 Flash Fiction Contest, and
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10 Questions To Help You Distinguish Voices By B. Lynn Goodwin In the Independent Study class I teach for Story Circle Network, people ask all kinds of questions. This term one person was concerned that all her characters sounded the same. I had her find objectives, obstacles, and strategies to overcome those
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