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11/11/2020

Welcome! Grab a drink and pull up a chair... ⋆ The Writer's Block Party Podcast

Have you been following along with our series on self-editing? You can find it wherever you listen to podcasts or http://thewritersblockpartypodcast.com

Welcome to The Writer’s Block Party Podcast! Oh, how the world of fiction publishing has changed! What used to be Mom’s tea party (with agents and traditional book contracts and demure, knees-together seating) has become a wild house-party of bold self-publishing, mystical Amazon algorithms, sea...

10/23/2020

Root Out These Five Writing Mistakes Before You Publish | BookBaby Blog

Great article! I especially like the zombie hack for passive voice at the end. 😊 https://blog.bookbaby.com/2020/10/five-writing-mistakes/

Self-editing goes beyond spell-checking. These writing mistakes should be addressed to ensure your writing is clear, vibrant, and effective.

10/21/2020

Ernest Hemingway’s Top 13 Writing Tips

This is a great article filled with amazing writing advice. https://writingcooperative.com/ernest-hemingways-top-13-writing-tips-80afe3e79241

Advice from America’s best-known novelist

10/19/2020

In this week's blog, I'm exploring the Mystery Novel. https://meredithbond.com/writing-a-mystery/

10/12/2020

Here's this week's blog post! Hope you all are having a really productive day! https://meredithbond.com/the-most-important-thing/

10/05/2020

Jutoh 3.0: A Review | Meredith Bond Magical Romance

This week on my blog I posted a review of the new, updated Jutoh. Check it out! https://meredithbond.com/jutoh-3-0-a-review/

I love the formatting software Jutoh. I have not made a secret of this. Just when I thought it was all that was wonderful for formatting beautiful books—the developer went and made it BETTER!

09/28/2020

Scheduling Your Work | Meredith Bond Magical Romance

On this week's blog I talk about the importance--especially now--of scheduling your writing. https://meredithbond.com/scheduling-your-work/

So, tell me truthfully, how has this pandemic been going for you? Have you been able to keep your writing going? Have you spent more of your days sitting and staring out the window than actually tapping away at your keyboard? Has your writing been productive or have you have to write, delete, rewrit...

09/25/2020

I'm going to be offering my Formatting class LIVE starting October 12th! Interested? Just DM me.

09/24/2020

Pru Warren and I recorded our third episode of The Writers' Block Party Podcast yesterday and had an incredible conversation about newsletters. I do hope you'll check it out when it's published tomorrow! It's available wherever you get your podcasts!!

09/18/2020

Listen to The Writers' Block Party Podcast on TuneIn

Check it out! The Writers’ Block Party podcast has a new episode. This week: deep POV! It’s available at Apple Podcasts, Google Play, and https://tunein.com/podcasts/Media--Entertainment-Podcasts/The-Writers-Block-Party-p1365812/

Oh, how the world of fiction publishing has changed! What used to be Mom’s tea party (with agents and traditional book contracts and demure, knees-together seating) has become a wild house-party of bold self-publishing, mystical Amazon algorithms,...

09/14/2020

What do you think of deep POV? Love it? Hate it? Want to know how to do it but you aren't quite sure? It's on tap for the WBP Podcast this week! Join us on Friday!

09/11/2020

I discuss with Pru Warren, my wide-eyed and unpublished co-host, the real life of an author from the craft of writing and editing, through publishing and marketing, and finally into building a GLOBAL PUBLISHING EMPIRE! Grab a drink, pull up a chair, and get ready to start your weekend with the Writer’s Block Party Podcast.

08/03/2020

So, who's interested in writing sprints? I'm thinking of starting some here. I edit from 9-12 every morning and write from 2-6 every evening -- Eastern US Time. Who's going to join me?

06/17/2020

The Johari Window: Understanding & Harnessing the Character Blind Spot

This concept opens up so many possibilities -- sorry, couldn't stop the pun! https://authorkristenlamb.com/2020/06/johari-window-understanding-character-blind-spot/

The Johari Window is a powerful tool for crafting dimensional characters. It also helps creators develop layered stories that will resonate for generations.

05/29/2020

Tonight's the night! Don't miss my talk on Accountability! Message me for details!

05/20/2020

I'm going to be presenting a talk next Friday, May 29th called "Accountability: Six techniques to get the words written and the book done." Message me if you're interested in attending!

05/11/2020

I'm thinking of offering an online (Zoom) class (cost is only $40). Would you be interested in...
-- Microsoft Word for Writers
-- Self-Publishing (emphasis on formatting)
-- Writing Craft for beginning authors
Let me know in the comments below!

05/10/2020

Inside Your Character’s Head|Meredith Bond

This week's blog post is on getting into your character's head through their backstory. https://meredithbond.com/inside-your-characters-head

I think it’s become generally agreed that the best books are those where the characters are three-dimensional people who are engaging, likable, and someone the reader really wants to spend time wit…

05/04/2020

4 Newbie Writer Mistakes that Can Derail a Great Book Idea

Anne R. Allen always has the best blogs! Here’s this week’s. https://annerallen.com/2020/05/newbie-writer-mistakes-derail-book-idea/

Newbie Writer Mistakes are so often the same. We want validation as soon as we get a few 100 words on paper. Bad idea. Here are 4 things not to do.

05/02/2020

Intertwined books|Meredith Bond

Writing a series? This might help...

I’m a rather single-minded person, and by that, I mean that I have trouble focusing on one thing at a time. My daughter finds it impossible to not do at least two things at once—she has to have noi…

05/02/2020

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04/27/2020

Keep Writing|Meredith Bond

Are you tired of everyone telling you not to work in these troubled times? Here are some thoughts on the matter that might help... https://meredithbond.com/keep-writing/

Almost every day my Facebook feed and my blog list on Feedly have new articles telling me that “it’s okay if you aren’t able to work/focus/write”. Don’t expect too much of yourself in these times. …

10/22/2019

A Writer's Journal by Meredith Bond (Paperback) - Lulu

Writers, if you need a journal to help you through NaNoWriMo, I've got exactly what you need and with this coupon (LULU10) you can get 10% off!!

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09/30/2019

My blog post this week is all about Planner Fest--a great example of collaboration, which is so important for all authors.https://meredithbond.com/planning-journaling-and-collaboration/

09/11/2019

A Writer’s Journal

In my effort to help writers with accountability... https://meredithbond.com/a-writers-journal/

I’ve been learning a good deal recently about writing journal and writing planners. There’s a difference! A planner is a book where you have pre-designed organizing tools, like in my favorite Ultim…

08/14/2019

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08/12/2019

Carving out time to write

How do you find the time to write? https://wp.me/p7Yj3q-1FE

Summer is hard. Life is hard. There are so many things distracting us from working, from writing. Personally, I’ve been traveling and readjusting to being back in the US (we’re just here for one mo…

07/15/2019

The difference between an editor and writing coach

Do you know about writing coaching? I'm talking about it on my blog this week. https://meredithbond.com/the-difference-between-an-editor-and-writing-coach/

I realized something this week. I’ve been following the wrong career path for the past year! It’s crazy! About a year ago, I decided to move into editing. A few of my formatting clients asked me to…

07/01/2019

Classifying Yourself

Last week I posted about D&D Character Analysis. This week we turn that toward ourselves!

Last week I told you all about this cool way players of Dungeons & Dragons classify their characters based on how well they follow laws or rules (lawful/neutral/chaotic) and what sort of person…

06/28/2019

Classifying Your Characters

I've been very silly and haven't been posting links to my blog here. That's going to end!
Here is last week's blog post. Lovers of D&D will get it right away, everyone else will learn something new and interesting. :-)
I blog every Sunday on writing and self-publishing topics. https://meredithbond.com/classifying-your-characters/

Involved in all this complication is a really interesting way of classifying a person based on how law abiding they are (lawful, neutral, or chaotic) and what sort of person they are in general (go…

06/28/2019

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01/25/2019

Workshops |

I'll be teaching Word for Writers at the Contemporary Romance Writer's chapter where I'll be showing you how to format your book for print-on-demand and much more! http://contemporaryromance.org/workshops/#Word

The tools needed to respectfully portray characters dealing with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder. This is a broad layman’s overview – who, where, what, when, why, and how – of PTSD’s effects on individuals, families, acquaintances, interpersonal relationships, careers and other situations.

07/25/2018

Anybody in Canada, Australia or New Zealand? You can now publish your books on B&N!

07/06/2018

Remember, if you’ve got questions I’m here to answer them!

05/30/2018

contemporaryromance.org

I’ll be teaching my self-publishing course at the end of July at the Contemplation Romance Writer’s chapter (online). http://contemporaryromance.org/workshops/#SelfPubABC