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Writing Life Update: Submit, Edit, Focus

September 27, 2016 by Leanne Sowul 3 Comments

The last time I updated you on my writing life, I was working on The Creativity Perspective and my second historical novel, BLIZZARD. That took me through the beginning of August. At that point, I finished the first draft of BLIZZARD and closed down The Creativity Perspective website for awhile. So what have I been […]

Filed Under: Writer's Life Tagged With: editing, hippocamp, literary fiction, publishing, re-write, submissions

7 Things HIMYM Taught Me About Writing

September 13, 2016 by Leanne Sowul Leave a Comment

Before we get to today’s post, I just wanted to acknowledge changes to the website. I’m trying out a cleaner look, and slowly transitioning from a straight blog to an author website. You’ll notice a few small visual changes here and there, but for the most part, content on the blog will remain the same. […]

Filed Under: Craft Tagged With: belief, characters, ending, foreshadow, himym, story, surprise, television

Blogs I Follow, Links You Follow

September 6, 2016 by Leanne Sowul 3 Comments

I’ve written a lot about blogging in the past couple of weeks, from How To Start A Blog to my 5th Blog-Aversary. So today I thought I’d share some of my favorite blogs. I do almost all my blog reading through Feedly, an app on my phone. Feedly compiles all my blog reading into one […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: blog, connect, Feedly, gretchen rubin, laura vanderkam, post, writers read

Happy 5th Anniversary!

August 28, 2016 by Leanne Sowul 6 Comments

Today is my blog-aversary. I’ve been writing and running this blog for five years. I’ve been thinking about how I’d like to celebrate this milestone, and I decided to tell you how the blog got started, since most of you weren’t around for its inception. And none of you- not even my family- knows about […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: blogging, cancer, changes, history, hurricane

How To Start A Blog

August 24, 2016 by Leanne Sowul 3 Comments

Earlier in the summer, I got a comment on a blog post from Marie who said she was starting a blog and asked for some tips. I gave her a few ideas in the comments section, but I realized the question was perfect for a full-length post. As I approach my 5 year blog-aversary, with over […]

Filed Under: Blogging Tagged With: blog, calendar, picture, post, schedule, SEO, topic, website, wordpress

Conference Recap, Big Questions

August 16, 2016 by Leanne Sowul 3 Comments

Before we get started, here’s a link to a recent post I wrote for my friend and DIY MFA co-staffer Sara Letourneau, entitled Why Creativity Is Essential For All Genres.  I highly recommend subscribing to Sara’s blog! She does an amazing job of pulling back the veil on her fiction-writing process, giving her readers tips for […]

Filed Under: Writer's Life Tagged With: conference, fiction, goals, hippocamp, network, nonfiction, smart, stretch, time management, WDC

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