Happy Friday, Writers! Welcome to another Free Topic Friday where we cover everything writing related. If you follow us on Instagram or Facebook you know that this week our Writing Word of the Week is Synopsis, which means today our topic today is: Synopsis. (Ta-Da! I know, you’re surprised, right?) The dictionary definition of ‘synopsis’... Continue Reading →
Happy Friday, Writers! Welcome to another Free Topic Friday! Today we are reviewing some of the publishing options for writers who are interested in self-publishing their work instead of going the traditional route. Createspace Createspace started in 2007, Amazon’s self-publishing arm lets users publish e-books for Kindle, as well as paperbacks. The books are sold... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year, Writers! Today’s Motivation Monday obviously falls on New Year’s Day, so The New Year is what we are focusing on today. The New Year is all about letting go of the past and starting over fresh. Making new goals and creating a new and improved you. In our case, we are letting... Continue Reading →
Free Topic Friday is just that – a day that we are free to discuss any writing topic. From How-Tos, to writing advice, publishing, journaling, blogging, anything! This will be a weekly blogpost just like our Motivation Mondays and Write About It Wednesdays. Our first topic for Free Topic Friday is: Flash Fiction.Unless you are... Continue Reading →
Thank you for joining us for our second, “Write About It Wednesday.” We hope that you found last week’s prompts inspiring and helpful to your writing process. This week the Write About It Wednesday theme is New Year’s Eve. WRITING PROMPTS: Write about a serial killer who only kills on New Year’s Eve. Write about... Continue Reading →
This is the first post in a new series called, “Write About It Wednesday.” Every Wednesday we will be posting three writing prompts to encourage you to “Write About It.” Each week the prompts will have a theme and will vary in genre. We hope that these posts will encourage and inspire you to write,... Continue Reading →
Today is the first Monday of our new blog series: Motivation Monday. As writers we are passionate about our work, but even with that passion we can find it hard to stay motivated. That’s where our Motivation Mondays come in. Our blog posts will be here to keep you motivated and remind you of why... Continue Reading →
My new book Insomnia was released on October 16, 2017. Insomnia is a collection of poetry by author Michelle C. Hillstrom. It is at night when we lay in the dark, waiting to fall asleep, that our thoughts can drift off and begin thinking about the things we try to push away in the light... Continue Reading →
Something exciting has just happened. A possible new opportunity to grow my writing career and reach more people with my novels. I belong to a Facebook book club called “Lady Leathernecks & Paperbacks,” (a Female Marine Book Club), and one of the members posted asking if any of the other members were writers. (Hello! Yours... Continue Reading →
I’ve been trying to focus on Marketing and making more book sales. For the next seven days “A Kiss of Betrayal: Élisabet’s Story (Book Three of The Kiss Series)” will be on sale for $2.99 marked down from $4.99. I’ve been basically spamming every writing and reading group that I belong to on Facebook with... Continue Reading →
Michelle C. Hillstrom - Author 