Tag: Writers’ Resources

• No Time For Burnout

  

  Folks, after all the effort it took to get the book written, edited, revised, edited again (and again, three more times) then prepared for print, proofread, revised, and finally ready to publish–my mind has gone blank. The words, it seems, have fled me. It’s probably an oh-boy-my-book-is-published phenomenon. The project is finally out of my…

  Yolandie Horak

  May 28, 2019

  Personal, Writing

  Burnout, Completing a Novel, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Personal, Self-Care, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing

• On Writing Advice

  

  The internet. A place of abundance. You can learn almost anything on YouTube or blogs. Unfortunately, many of these instructional sites will just as easily help you fail as help you learn. Others won’t set you up for failure, sure, but your growth process can still be stunted by bad advice. Which brings us to…

  Yolandie Horak

  March 6, 2019

  Writing

  Better Writing, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Advice

• How to Support Indie Authors

  

  Another huge bomb has dropped on the world of indie authors. If you haven’t heard about the #copypastecris disaster, this is where it started. The TL;DR version of what happened is this: Cristiane Serruya copied sections from over 50 romance books by over 30 authors and hired ghostwriters to thread those copied scenes together, then…

  Yolandie Horak

  February 27, 2019

  Writing

  Help, How To Help Indie Authors, Indie Authors, Indie Writers, Readers, Reading, Stuff For Readers, Stuff for Writers, Support Indie Authors, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing

• Strong Female Characters

  

  There’s this thing all around the internet. Advice paired with a general outcry–write strong female characters. I’ve had multiple conversations about this in the last few weeks, and I thought we could continue chatting about it here. People want Strong Female Characters (from here on SFC) to the point where they come down really hard…

  Yolandie Horak

  February 6, 2019

  Writing

  Character Development, Characters, Resources, Strong Characters, Strong Female Characters, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing

• Let’s Write Confidence

  

  It’s so good to be back in the swing of things with a writing post, especially one that adds to the Let’s Write Series. Now, I see you doing a double take there. Didn’t this used to be called the writing emotions series? It did, but then I had so many ideas to add to…

  Yolandie Horak

  January 15, 2019

  Writing

  Better Writing, Confidence, Let’s Write, Resources, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Confidence, Writing Emotions

• Let’s Write – Travel in Writing

  

  Quick fact—the average horse and the average person can travel about the same distance per day. And I know you’re thinking, ‘Okay, great, but how is that relevant to writers?’ Well, our characters move around. A lot. And for those of us who write fantasy, much of said movement will happen on horseback. We don’t…

  Yolandie Horak

  August 8, 2018

  Writing

  Horses, Let’s Write, Realistic Travel Distances, Resources, Stuff for Writers, Travel, Travel by Horse, Walking, Walking Distances, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing

• Let’s Write Joy

  

  If you’re here for the first time, I’ve been writing a series of posts on the body language of various emotions, so authors have a quick reference when they get stuck writing diverse characters. It’s so easy to fall into the same old repetitive action tags. I can’t tell you how many times I used…

  Yolandie Horak

  August 1, 2018

  Writing

  Better Writing, Emotions, Joy, Let’s Write, Resources, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Emotions, Writing Joy

• Let’s Write Fear

  

  From a fright when the spider lands on your arm, to being scared of the weird guy on the blind date, to full-blown terror when a dragon sticks its head out of the cave and you left your sword at home, fear is one of the most complex emotions that we’ve all had to deal…

  Yolandie Horak

  July 4, 2018

  Writing

  Anxiety, Better Writing, Emotions, Fear, Let’s Write, Resources, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Emotions, Writing Fear

• Let’s Write Excitement and Nerves

  

  Welcome to part three of the Writing Emotions series! You can check out the others here, and come back in two weeks for the next part. Today we’re chatting about nervousness and excitement. Since these amount to the same thing in terms of body language, I figured I’d group them. Of course, there are some…

  Yolandie Horak

  June 20, 2018

  Writing

  Emotions, Excitement, Let’s Write, Nerves, Nervousness, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Emotions, Writing Excitement, Writing Nervousness

• 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