Happy Motivation Monday, Writers! It’s the start of a new week. Time to get motivated! I think Motivation Mondays are important for writers because it is easy to get down as a writer. It’s easy for us to lose motivation when we receive rejection letters or bad reviews. To be our own worst critics when... 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 →
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 →
Today Writer’s Chapter met for our weekly meeting. Writer’s Chapter is just a small group of local writers who get together once a week to talk about writing, the writing business, and to work on our writing in a social environment. It gets us out and helps us to emerge from our dark, lonely writing... Continue Reading →
Michelle C. Hillstrom - Author 