Happy Write About It Wednesday, Writers! So, it is actually 11-ish Tuesday night as I am writing this. I’ve been putting off writing this week’s WAIW post because I wasn’t sure what I wanted to write about this week, or what topic I wanted to give to y’all to write about. So, here I sat... Continue Reading →
Welcome to another Write About It Wednesday! This week my mind has been on Cruises. My brother and sister-in-law just got back from a cruise to Cozumel. They went with some friends for a Bachelor/Bachelorette Party. They’ve been posting photos and sharing stories about the experiences and adventures they had during their trip. It turns... Continue Reading →
Write About It Wednesdays are all about giving you something to write about! This is the third installment of our Write About It Wednesdays meaning we have already given you six prompts to write about, and hopefully you have found them helpful and inspiring so far. Today’s Write About It Topic is: RESOLUTIONS Write about... 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 →
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 →
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 →
Michelle C. Hillstrom - Author 