This is just a personal musing. I’ve spent the morning – a very hot sweltering morning – avoiding the sun, and instead, trolling through the U.K. adoption forums. Over the coming U.K. summer holidays, my family is scheduled to adopt a new child. Touch wood, because these things have a tendency to fall through for numerous reasons. But adoption brings up a story in my own mind, a story which reminds me of the great debate towards nature and nurture. Being an adopted child myself, I have to sa... Read Full Story

U.K. publishing company How To has released it’s package of writing books free to read online. I have personally noticed several of these books available through retailers such as Amazon.com and been interested at this point, so to now find that information available free to read online is wonderful. Of course – you can still order the physical books as a matter of convenience also. Howto.co.uk/writing lists nine writing books online for you to read (currently). These are – How to Pu... Read Full Story

One of the most popular themes on Juiced on Writing is that of free e-books for writers. Like many writers, I am a collector of good quality information and references. I have a large library of paperbacks and hardbacks on writing, but also an even larger digital library of how-to write books. As I write digitally – on a laptop, it is convenient to have some references available to me, digitally – and available even if I’m away from the house. Can you tell I love e-books, then? Now, it is a ... Read Full Story

As a scrapbooker hobbyist, there were two beliefs I held strongly and which remain with me to this day - Preserve our memories for future generations Tell our story – with scrapbooking it was via photographs and decorations, but there was a major element of writing. I can not impound it enough, as I know of so many [...] Related posts:22 Word Blog Post – Popcorn Writing My WritingAnnouncing My New Writing Tubes website The JuicedWriting Links 10/21/2008 Writer U Related posts bro... Read Full Story

I’ve dreamt of houses since a little child. New houses, old houses I used to live in, insides – sometimes, outsides – sometimes. In my dreams, I’ve set scenes in houses of memory, or created entirely new houses for my dream-character to explore. Dream Dictionaries would suggest that dreaming of houses signifies times of change in [...] Related posts:Re-Planning Writing Projects [Environmental Factors] I have jusBlogging (Writing) as Therapy It’s not aSecond Life Writing – Example Events I t... Read Full Story

Let’s Talk About Content Now that my new blog has been setup themewise, and some work has been put towards both the design, and actually starting to get word out, it’s time to tell you about the different types of content I – and other authors – will be presenting on the blog. Content is important. Before ever going out to find some readers, I wanted to provide a professional looking blog to the outside world. And one which a reader might stumble upon, and realise there’s more to read t... Read Full Story

Today I have some news from the software for writer’s front. This includes an upgrade to my writing program of choice, Liquid Story Binder, and a new freeware program designed to provide a completely distraction-free environment for stream-of-conciousness type writing, called Momentum Writer. Liquid Story Binder xe Upgrade, with New Typewriter Tool As a Windows user I have a choice of many different writing systems. Those who have read me on this blog may be aware that my choice is Liquid St... Read Full Story

Continuing on from Part I, in this next instalment I’ll deal with my initial niche selection and some marketing thoughts in the planning stages of going forward with a new blog. Step 2 : Niche Selection and Marketing Thoughts from the Start 1. Finding a Possible Niche If you’ve worked your way through Part 1 of this series, you would have come to the same conclusion as I did initially – creating yet another Second Life blog was potentially doomed to failure, given the over-saturation of blog... Read Full Story

It’s not a biggie, enough people have pointed out the obvious therapeutic values derived from writing. Many writers maintain daily writing journals of some sort, not only as writing practice, and to improve our writing, but as a way to deal with the matters of the day. Because I am currently setting out a new blog, and writing content for that, my daily writing has, in essence, become blogging writing. Around it, I manage to squeeze in domestic chores, research and development of my novel in... Read Full Story

Random plot points. A random plot generator - how to torture your character, or at least be mean to them tags: plot, writing, inspiration The 32 Most Commonly Misused Words and Phrases 32 misused words tags: misused, writing, grammar ThinkExist.com Quotations. ThinkExist.com is one of the better known quotation sites. Look up famous quotes. tags: quotes, quotations, reference, writing, quote, quotation Writer’s Digest - Writing Prompts Pages and pages of Writer’s Digest prompts ta... Read Full Story