#WITS1000 Millenium Celebration at Writers In The Storm!
We have a surprise for you today - our 1000th post happened this week and we're celebrating big time. That means we're celebrating you, our amazing readers. We're more than a little bit misty over...
View ArticleDo You Get "Accolade Angst?"
My debut launches tomorrow. TOMORROW!!! ‘Scuse me a sec while I breathe into this paper bag. Okay, I’m back. I’m better. I’ve got this. I’m ready for launch day … I’ve written the guest posts, I’ve...
View ArticleSummer Is Coming -- Let's Pimp and Promote!
Summer is coming up fast and here at Writers in the Storm we're marking the occasion with a little "Pimp and Promote." Of course, this always costs us some money, because we have to go out and buy lots...
View Article4 Facebook Lessons from a Debut Author
I have a love-hate relationship with Facebook. I love seeing what friends are up to. I love connecting with people I don’t otherwise get a chance to “see” on a regular basis. And I love interacting...
View ArticleThe Shifting Priorities of Your Writing Career
College then work. It’s a right-of-passage most of us go through in one form or another. Some multiple times. And I realized recently that I was on wave two. College Years = Aspiring Author This is...
View ArticleConfessions of a Workshop Flunkie
Orly Konig Like most writers, I love craft books and workshops and blog posts and insight into writing better, smarter, stronger. There’s always room for improvement, and I’m absolutely convinced that...
View ArticleHow Facebook Saved my Work in Progress
Orly Konig I’ve been working on a story that I adore. The characters are fun to hang out with, the setting makes me happy, the topics fascinate me. And I was rocking the first chapters. You know that...
View Article3 Reasons to Embrace the Prickly Synopsis
Orly Konig There are certain words that make most writers break into a cold sweat. “Synopsis” is one of them. Until recently, the thought of writing a synopsis would send me into fits of, “screw this,...
View ArticleWhat You Can Accomplish with Determination
Orly Konig This post isn’t about writing. Well, yes but in a roundabout way. Hang with me for a few minutes, and it’ll make more sense. When I started writing, I didn’t know anything about the...
View ArticleHow Squirrel-Brain Helped My Writing
by Orly Konig Are you guys done laughing at the title? Not yet? Now? Since the early months of 2018, I’ve been dealing with overcrowding in the brain-squirrel department. Revisions on what became...
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