by Denise Vega | February 13, 2014 | Writing Inspiration
A month ago I wrote about my experience with a writing workshop about energizing our writing and setting some goals. I’ve decided to do a check in on my blog to keep myself honest and to see where I need to make adjustments. After setting broad goals for 2014,...
by Denise Vega | September 25, 2013 | Gratitude Wednesday, Writing Inspiration
Every since I talked about gratitude in a post last month, I’ve been trying to add gratitude to my daily routine, usually at night, noting things that happened, people I met, or things I encountered for which I am grateful. I am also trying to start each day...
by Denise Vega | August 30, 2013 | Writer Tips & Tools
I’ve attended a lot of writer’s conferences and many of them have First Pages or Read-and-Critique sessions where you bring a page or two of a manuscript and it is read and critiqued on the spot by an author, editor, or agent or sometimes a combination....
by Denise Vega | August 28, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Author, teacher, and expert Julie Hedlund had a wonderful tradition on her website that she called “Gratitude Sunday,” where she listed a variety of things she was/is grateful for (writing-related or not) and also included gratitude quotes. Right now...
by Denise Vega | August 23, 2013 | Writing Inspiration
Some of you know that I’ve been using Scrivener software to write my current work-in-progress novel and it’s been great. I love how I can jump around, writing the scenes that most appeal to me on a particular day, move things here and there, leave notes,...