Friday – Pat on the Back Day
September 3rd, 2010
This week’s online writing lesson has been published at www.writers-clinic.webs.com and I’ve edited next weeks.
Thursday -Writing Tips Day
September 2nd, 2010
I love writing dialogue. When I sent my editor the first draft of THE CHRONICLES OF JOYA she gave me a great tip about speaker attributions (he said, she muttered, she groaned, he chuckled, she screamed).
Her tip was stick to he said and she said. Why? Because the reader’s mind will skim over he said and she said. When you write he requested or he uttered you risk taking your reader out of the story.
Her other tip is write Paul said and not said Paul. After all, you wouldn’t say said he, would you? If you record both ways, you’ll hear the first sounds more natural.
Write a scene with these new skills and watch your writing shine. Happy Thursday! Liane x
Ps. If you want to know more great editing skills, check out her book Self Editing for Fiction Writers by Renni Browne and Dave King.
Wednesday – Help Yourself Day
September 1st, 2010
Yippee. It’s Teal. I’m back again. I just can’t stay away. It’s the smell of grass. We’ve got nothing like it on Earth. Mmm. Oh, sorry. Where was I? Okay, right. I’ve got a great tip. I’m still a novice. It takes practise.
If you’ve got a problem you want solved, ask the question at night before you go to sleep. Your subconscious works out the problem while you sleep and give you ideas. They often come in the forms of dreams so as soon as you wake up scribble them down so you don’t forget them. Then read through your dream and see what the message is. If someone in your dream wasn’t clear, maybe you need to make yourself more understood.
The more you do it, the easier it gets. So my eagle tells me!
Happy Wednesday! Teal. xxx
Tuesday – Creative Flow and Ideas Day
August 31st, 2010
Okay, Freddie’s busy giving me insights into the story for the second in the series of THE CHRONICLES OF JOYA. So I’ll get you started on a story today.
You lay outstretched on a golden eagle. Your arms are spread like his wings. He swoops into the air and your stomach races to your mouth. The wind rushes at your face and you grin. He swoops and lifts. Your body feels as light as a marshmallow. He flies below a white, fluffy cloud. You look up. The cloud turns blue. A flapping noise erupts from the cloud and dozens of talons descend upon you.
What happens next? Over to you. Freddie will be back next Tuesday. Happy Tuesday! Liane x
Monday – Fun and Laughter Day
August 30th, 2010
Monday again! Here are a couple of jokes from Eleanor in Winchester …
What is a French cat’s favourite pudding?
Chocolate mousse!
What happened when the cat ate a bowl of wool?
She had mittens!
How do you know if your cat’s got a cold?
He´s got cat – arrh!
What do cat actors say on stage?
Tabby or not tabby.
And if you want to have a giggle, check out my outtakes on www.youtube.com/lianecarter
Happy Monday! Liane x
Friday – Pat on the Back Day
August 27th, 2010
Time for me to tell you what I’ve been up to this week.
Answered multiple fan mail about THE CHRONICLES OF JOYA. Great to hear from you all and so glad you love the book 
Have finally got the answer to a block in my edit. Woohoo. Onwards and upwards.
This week’s online writing lesson is published at www.writers-clinic.webs.com and Anita, as usual, has matched it up with a wonderful photograph to inspire all you writers.
Working on a new song and loving the lyrics.
Have found a way, hopefully, to please two editors who both have different ideas about the way a book should go.
So I’m patting myself on the back for a week well done. What have you been up to this week? You have? Well done! Give yourself a pat on the back.
If you want your joke to appear on Monday’s blog, send it in to me by tomorrow. Have a great Friday. Liane x
Thursday – Writing Tips Day
August 26th, 2010
Today’s tips are related to your writing habits. I’m usually awake when it’s dark so I can write away before people wake up. At the moment with all the paperwork, answering emails from fans of THE CHRONICLES OF JOYA – which I love to receive, promotion and so on, my writing has taken second place. Then I remembered…
Dorothea Brande said a wonderful thing which really helps me. If you find yourself not in the writing flow set yourself two tasks:
1. Get up earlier every morning and just scribble away before you have time to think about it.
2. Set yourself an appointment at different times each day to sit and write for ten minutes.
Do both of these things for a month until you are back in the writing flow. By that time you can look back over your work and see what delights you produced. Have fun with these suggestions. By the end of the month you’ll know what works best for you and you’ll be back in the flow. Happy Thursday! Liane x
Wednesday – Help Yourself Day
August 25th, 2010
Hey, it’s me, Teal. How are you? Oh my gosh, it’s so exciting to be back with you. Yippee. So I’ve got this great thing for you to have fun with on Help Yourself Day.
I’ve started this new thing where, when I leave the cave every day, I say thank you to everything I see. I don’t say it out loud all the time. People think I’m a crazy enough rabbit as it is! I just say it in my head. So I step on the red sandy path and say “thank you”. I look out on the purple fields and lilac mountains and say “thank you”.
I don’t always remember to do it. When I do I feel great. It makes me appreciate what’s around me, it´s like I’ve got a grin on the inside. Give it a go and you’ll see. Happy Wednesday!
Teal xxx
Tuesday – Creative Flow and Ideas Day
August 24th, 2010
Yo, yo, yo. Freddie’s in the house. What´s up? Waiting for more creative ideas to get your brain engine revving? Let’s go.
You wake up. Something is digging in your back. You open your eyes. You’re sat in a tree. You pull out the branch sticking in your back. You toss it to the ground and hear a roar. You jump, look around. Three people are sat across from you. They peer out of the branches and look from you, down to the …
Over to you, guys. Have fun in that tree. Happy Tuesday! Freddie xx
Monday – Fun and Laughter Day
August 23rd, 2010
