Valentine Gifts for Writers
Writers need more than just a computer and their imagination. They need writing gifts that help them write better and faster. Gifts that inspire and motivate.
This Valentine’s Day, get your writing Valentine a gift that says ‘I love that you write.’ Or be your own Valentine and treat yourself. You’re a writer. You deserve it!
In this episode, I share 18 gift ideas for writers, from free to dream worthy.
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Historical Fiction & Food
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Four historical fiction authors talk food and how they integrate into their historical fiction. What did they eat in ancient times? Or medieval? Or even 5O years ago? You might be surprised.
Is there a literary purpose for including food description in a novel? How do you research food eaten in your novel’s time period, culture, and place?
In this episode, four authors from the southern California chapter of the Historical Novel Society dish about food and food in historical fiction. Yummy!
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Organization | Charts & Lists for Authors
There is a lot to keep organized when you’re writing a novel. Even more when you’re an author. Character charts. Research facts. FaceBook groups. Manuscript drafts. Book marketing and promotion sites. Book reviewers. And so much more!
Whether you’re a beginner writer with a first book or an expert with many, staying organized gives your more time to focus on writing, promoting, marketing, and social media.
Organizing all my information helps me find information fast, be it characters, book blogs, or book promotion sites. Being an author is a business and you will wear many hats. Make it easy and start organizing now.
In this episode, I share what organization charts and lists work for me.
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How To Write a Bio When You’re a Beginner Writer
Writing a bio for all those social media platforms can be a challenge when you’re a new and beginner writer. But writing a good bio is important. A good bio can help grow your writer network and make more writing connections.
Don’t just dash one off. Bios matter. But beware, they reveal more than you may think–good and bad. How do you write a bio when don’t have a book, cred, and accolades? I struggled with this when I was writing my first book.
In this episode I share tips to write a bio when you are new writer.
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Fail or Success? Looking Back at 2021
Ditch the Descriptions
Novel descriptions. How many do you have? Do you love writing descriptions? Me too. But be careful! Too many descriptions can slow down your story. Are you writing descriptions for the right plot, conflict, and characterization reasons?
In this writing episode I share 5 reasons NOT to include descriptions and 6 ways to integrate them.
What descriptions did you struggle to delete?
Let me know. I love your comments.
Videos Mentioned in This Episode
- 9 Tips to Put More Lift into Your Rising Action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Zc-w…
- 10 Things to Include in a Character Chart: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-92yA…
- Types of Conflict: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkPr2…
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Vague Adjectives: Revision Tips #2
One of the most frequent new writer problems is writers using vague adjectives instead of specific, sensory, or emotion-packed words. How big is big? What makes something amazing?
Does your story have a case of The Vague Adjective? Vague words are okay for first drafts, but revisions require helping the reader see, feel, touch, hear, taste, and experience your world.
It’s also a way to increase characterization, emotion, and conflict. In this episode, we look at why you need to ditch vague adjectives and how to fix them.
10 Swoon Worthy Gifts & 5 Free Gifts for Writers
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Writing is a solitary, in-your-head activity. But creativity is often boosted when we have the write creative tools or surroundings. This episode is about swoon worthy gifts for writers and authors.
Whether they’re affordable or not, we have to admit that some things seem to to help us creative and write, if not better, than with a free heart and mind. The best writing gifts, however, are totally free. I love when you leave comments!
Let me know what gift you’re swooning over this year.
Boring Sentences | Write Like a Pro
The revision process is a challenge. One new writer problem: Writing a whole lot words that go no where and serve no purpose.
Write like a pro. Each sentence, each paragraph, and each scene should show and amplify your plot, characterization, conflict, and characters’ emotions.
In this episode we identify pointless sentences and easy ways to revise them for more impact and purpose. Show notes are at Club Autumn on FB or get my weekly videos and show notes delivered to your inbox box. Sign up at: autumnbardot/newsletter.
 
21 Things This Writer is Thankful About
Writers have a lot to be thankful for. Sure, we like to complain about the writing process, the publishing world, and author tasks but we really are very lucky to be able to write, create, and publish our works.
This episode lists all the things writers and authors have to be thankful for. And in truth, it was a reminder to me to have a grateful writing heart.
What are you thankful for? Please share and comment.
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