Tag: Writing Journey

• On Perspective

  

  Just the other day, my fellow blogger and author, SM Mitchell, asked me for my thoughts on impostor syndrome for a blog post. This is the quote she included from yours truly: “No critic can tell you how much is wrong with what I’ve written better than I can. It’s so hard for me to…

  Yolandie Horak

  February 4, 2020

  Personal, Writing

  Impostor Syndrome, Personal, Perspective, Self-Care, Self-Discovery, Self-Doubt, Stuff for Writers, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writers’ Resources, Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Community, Writing Journey, Writing Life, Writing Tips

• Behind the Scenes – Editing

  

  I figure I might as well clue you all in on how it goes behind the scenes. You know, the stuff you don’t see on my posed and filtered Instagram feed. Everybody who knows me knows I’m currently editing A Trial of Sparks & Kindling. I haven’t been shy about that fact so far. But…

  Yolandie Horak

  November 14, 2019

  Personal, Writing

  Behind the Scenes, Book Talk, Books by Yolandie Horak, Edit, Editing, Personal, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Journey, Writing Life, Writing Process, Writing Update, Yolandie Writes

• How AHA moments changed A Study of Ash & Smoke

  

  We all have little aha moments while writing. Those moments come to us either through brainstorming, talking to others about our work, feedback from betas or editors–heck, even the most random of places–but those aha moments spark the changes in the story that pull everything together. You could probably guess I had plenty of aha…

  Yolandie Horak

  November 7, 2019

  Personal, Writing

  A Study of Ash & Smoke, Aha Moments, Fall of the Mantle, Fall of the Mantle Book 1, Inspiration, The Physician’s Apprentice, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Community, Writing Journey, Writing Process, Yolandie Horak, Yolandie Writes

• My Writing Process (Updated)

  

  So, I’m a published author now. (Look, Ma, I’m famous.) A Study of Ash & Smoke was written, then edited and produced by Skolion, and they wrote an article on how the book was made. In that article, we linked to this post I wrote in 2017, all about my writing process. It’s been just…

  Yolandie Horak

  August 15, 2019

  Writing

  Indie Authors, Indie Writers, My Writing Process, Revisited, Update, Updated, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Journey, Writing Process

• My Favourite Character Trope: The Lovable Rogue

  

  The way to hook this reader is easy. Write a character who is always dressed to impress, has the wildest charm and self-confidence, flirts with everyone, says things the protagonist thinks but would never utter, and is willing to take the quickest route to get the job done–even if that means doing morally questionable things.…

  Yolandie Horak

  June 25, 2019

  Writing

  Character Development, Character Tropes, Characters, tropes, Tropes we hate, Tropes we love, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Community, Writing Journey

• My Novel Planning Journey

  

  It’s Preptober! I’m not participating in Nanowrimo, but I figured this post was long overdue anyway and could be relevant to those of you preparing for Nano. If you’re wondering about my previous Nanowrimo experience, I wrote a little piece on the Sophie Melissa Blog. She also asked some other authors for their ideas and…

  Yolandie Horak

  October 3, 2018

  Writing

  Better Writing, Novels, Pantser, Planning, Writer, Writer’s Life, Writing, Writing Advice, Writing Journey, Writing Process