Tag: Writer’s Life

• Let’s Write Sadness

  

  Picking up from where we left off, we’re talking about sadness or grief today. The topic was suggested to me by someone in the writing group I belong to on Facebook. Love was also suggested and I’ll definitely delve into that one, but I think it might need to be spread over more than one…

  Yolandie Horak

  June 6, 2018

  Writing

  Emotions, Grief, Let’s Write, Sadness, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Emotions, Writing Sadness

• Let’s Write Anger

  

  Friends. Writing is difficult. Especially emotions, which are pivotal in crafting realistic characters. At first, we write super interesting actions for our cast. But then, we slip into easy repetition. He gave a look. She nodded. They shrugged. Or unforgivable redundancies like ‘he glared at her angrily’. *shudders* The worst part is that we don’t…

  Yolandie Horak

  May 23, 2018

  Writing

  Anger, Emotions, How to Describe Anger, Let’s Write, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Anger, Writing Emotions

• Just Publish it Already

  

  We’re back to reality today, after a week-long break (if it can be called that, considering we were so sick we could barely move). Kayla’s been dropped off at school, which means it’s back to work for me too after a mini-break from writing. Well, writing The Physician’s Apprentice anyway – I’ve been sporadically working…

  Yolandie Horak

  March 19, 2018

  Writing

  A Study of Ash & Smoke, Creativity, Inspiration, Personal, The Physician’s Apprentice, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Block, Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Process, Writing Update

• The Writer’s Supply Network

  

  Hang around writer’s forums long enough and you’ll soon see that there are many fake service providers out there. People who claim they’ll help you polish your manuscript before the world sees it, then disappear with your cash. And since so many people are self-publishing these days, the demand for indie service providers is on…

  Yolandie Horak

  March 2, 2018

  Writing

  Author, Beta Readers, Beta Reading, Blurb, Cover Dersign, Cover Designers, Editors, Formatting, Graphic Design, Indie Writers, Resources, Service Providers, Services for Writers, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writer’s Supply Network, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Services

• Neekerbreekers

  

  I love Tolkien. I’ve loved his work since I first discovered his stories when I was about fourteen. After that first time I broke the spine of The Fellowship of the Ring, I’ve read LOTR every year (sometimes more than once a year) until around 2013 when Kayla was born. Which reminds me, you know.…

  Yolandie Horak

  November 29, 2017

  Writing

  A Study of Ash & Smoke, Author, Better Writing, Neekerbreekers, Opinions, The Physician’s Apprentice, Tolkien, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Tips, Yolandie Writes

• A Life Update

  

  Aside from the immigration, we’ve been facing a lot of other changes recently. Life, it seems, goes on. Even amid the chaos. Kayla is *finally* going to school. Of all the changes, this is the biggest one. I’ve spoken about our troubles getting her enrolled in a kindergarten in Germany, and also mentioned how easy…

  Yolandie Horak

  November 22, 2017

  Personal

  Family, Life Update, Momblog, Motherhood, Mumblog, Personal, Update, Writer’s Life, Writing Update

• August Writing Update

  

  It’s already September, I know. I’ve had a lot on my mind lately. 🙂 I certainly didn’t think I’d be doing this with all the insanity going on in my life right now, but I’m happy to report that I’ve been writing something amid the chaos! My good friend Tallulah and I just finished a…

  Yolandie Horak

  September 8, 2017

  Writing

  A Study of Ash & Smoke, Cat Hellisen, Cristy Zinn, Cullen Appreciation Week, Dragon Age, Fan Fic, Fan Fiction, I Heart Robot, Masha Du Toit, Nerine Dorman, Skolion Writers, Tallulah Lucy, The Physician’s Apprentice, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Update, Yolandie Writes

• Writing Update

  

  You were supposed to see this post at the end of July, I know. Apologies. I’m more scatterbrained than usual lately and I forgot. But better late than never, right? The writing has been going exceptionally well. After The Great Word Draught of 2017, I never imagined I’d be writing so much, especially now that The…

  Yolandie Horak

  August 9, 2017

  Writing

  A Study of Ash & Smoke, Flash Fic, Flash Fiction, Manasahari, Personal, The Physician’s Apprentice, Typeface, Update, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Update, Yolandie Writes

• Writing, as Taught by Kids’ TV Shows

  

  A year or so ago, I read a writing exercise idea on a blog that changed the way I view watching TV. The blogger in question would make notes of, then dissect the episode she was watching. She’d figure out which plot points worked, which didn’t, where the dialogue fell flat, where it rocked, and…

  Yolandie Horak

  June 28, 2017

  Writing

  Better Dialogue, Better Writing, Character Development, Creativity, Foreshadowing, Learning Something New, My Little Pony, Series, Suits, TV, Typeface, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Advice

• Noob Writers Unite

  

  I had a conversation about writing with my cousin, as we often do. Afterwards, I kept thinking how great it would have been if I’d known which mistakes to avoid when I just started writing. Yes, I could have googled something stupid, like how to write a novel. Today, the ‘duh’ is weighty enough to…

  Yolandie Horak

  June 21, 2017

  Writing

  Creativity, Edit, Editing, Learning Something New, Noob Writers, Tips, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Advice