Dear Midnight, There is something to say about writing late at night that intrigues me. The black skies fill me with the bravery I don’t feel during the sunlight hours. Do you understand what I mean? -Jenn Today, I’m going to be reviewing a lovely poetry collection titled, Dear Midnight. It’s by a wonderful Instagram poet…
Introducing Lindsey Holdermann
Character show-and-tell time! It’s a wonderful opportunity when I feel like I can finally share with you a character from my WIP. Now it’s time to share with you a new character. Although I haven’t been doing too much writing on any of my WIPs, I still want to introduce you to one of the…
The 12 Days of Editing
We may only be a few days until Christmas, but who says we can’t count down another important thing in our lives? Editing plays a HUGE role in our lives as writers. I mean editing takes up at least 90 percent of the writing process. So to honor the holidays we’re going to do a…
Let the Movie Play Jarzan!
It’s time for the last writing prompt of 2019! This last year has been a fun adventure writing in many genres that I thought would be impossible. I learned a lot about myself and my own writing style throughout this writing challenge. The best part? I’ll be doing it all again next year! That’s right!…
Why Only Write One Genre of Book?
There seems to be this unseen rule that writers can only write in one genre. That as writers our first published book sets our path for the rest of our careers. Why are we set to one path once our first publication hits the market? There is honestly no proven statistics that you will only…
10 Marketing Techniques for Indie Authors
Here on Bound to Writing, I love indie authors! I’m an indie author myself and I have such admiration for what we all can accomplish. It is a lonely world. But together, we are stronger. Though when it comes to book marketing techniques, we can sometimes be at a loss of what to do. Let’s…
Saddle Up For Carriage Parts – A Western Writing Prompt
Do you ever look at a writing prompt and question whose bright idea it was? Well, that is how I feel about today’s western writing prompt. Because I used a random number generator to decide these prompt, the probability that some would come out a bit wonky is a possibility. However, this one is stretching…
Tainted Lionheart Poetry Book Tour
Happy Release Day Tainted Lionheart!! Today is a celebration and review post for the Tainted Lionheart book tour run by Bound to Book Tours! I’m so excited to be kicking off this book tour today. The Tainted Lionheart book tour is running from November 13 – 15, 2019! And there is a giveaway for a…
The Hard NaNoWriMo Truth
If you’ve ever heard about the month-long writing month called NaNoWriMo than you’ve probably heard all of this before. However, these truths are universal in understanding the strain NaNoWriMo puts on all of us as writers. Not everything is what it seems and you can make NaNoWriMo work for you. For those of you that…
Dispelling Self-Doubts as a Writer
Self-doubt is a problem that takes over a writers’ mind to the point that writing is delayed days, weeks, months, or even years. That rush of creativity you once felt has withered away to absolutely nothing. You can’t write. You can’t enjoy the creative process. It’s no joke when writing doubts settles in. What’s worse…