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Writer’s Garret

If you’re a writer, or aspire to be, you’re in the right place.
This is where you’ll find all my writing tips and
advice for living your best writing life.


13 Southern Superstitions

13 Southern Superstitions

It’s Friday the 13th! Watch out for black cats, ladders, spilled salt, broken mirrors, & all that stuff.

Take a Hike! | 5 Reasons Writers Should Get Out & Walk

Take a Hike! | 5 Reasons Writers Should Get Out & Walk

Spring is finally here, bringing sunshine & longer days. After months of being stuck indoors & weeks of endless rain, I’m ready to get out & play. Then I think that maybe I should be working more & playing less. But what if getting outside could be work, too?

Grave Robbing for Mystery Writers

Grave Robbing for Mystery Writers

The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy & vague. Who shall say where one ends, and the where the other begins? Edgar Allan Poe tap•o•phil•i•a (n.) an abnormal attraction to & desire to visit cemeteries & graves; from…

NaNoWriMo

NaNoWriMo

But I don’t want to go among mad people,” Alice remarked.“Oh, you can’t help that,” said the Cat: “we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad.”“How do you know I’m mad?” said Alice.“You must be,” said the Cat, “or you…

A Cup of Tea & A Good Book

A Cup of Tea & A Good Book

Rainy days should be spent at home with a cup of tea & a good book. Bill Watterson Read any good books lately? Between homeschool & flu & dance classes it’s been pretty hectic around here. I’ve still managed to…

5 Photography Skills That Can Improve Your Writing

5 Photography Skills That Can Improve Your Writing

To visualize an image (in whole or in part) is to see it clearly in the mind prior to exposure, a continuous projection from composing the image through the final print. Ansel Adams, The Camera Do you feel like you…