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 →
IT’S A WRITER’S LIFE FOR ME has expanded from just a blog to a website designed for writers. A hub of information on the writing process and self-publishing. We have big plans in store for our business and website. Big plans to provide you with information, services, and merchandise to enhance your writing career and... Continue Reading →
No writing is wasted. There is purpose for every word you write. Whether you publish your work, whether your work is just for you. Whether it’s journaling, blogging, or poetry. There is a purpose behind all of it. Creativity. Expression. Practice. Growth. Passion. Authors who publish their work often must “kill their darlings,” or cut... Continue Reading →
National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo 2017 officially kicked off today. With a goal of writing 50,000 words in 30 days NaNoWriMos take on a huge task. If you have hopped on this crazy writing train or are thinking of joining the movement, here are 11 tips to help you succeed. Tip #1 Start Writing... Continue Reading →
Halloween always brings out my creative side and keeps my Muse working overtime, but if you’re having trouble getting started on this All Hallows' Eve, I’ve got a list of writing prompts to help you get started. Your pumpkin starts talking to you after you carve it. Tell the story of Halloween from the candy’s... 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 seen this question posed in several writing groups lately by people who want to become writers, “How do you start writing?” As if there is some top-secret magic trick that we writers have been holding out on the world. The secret is... you just start writing. That’s it. If you want to write, you... Continue Reading →
Michelle C. Hillstrom - Author 