If you’re on Pinterest, squiders, you know that it will notify you when someone re-pins one of the pins from your boards. I recently got a notification about this pin, which I had honestly forgotten about. This is one of
Nonfiction Poll, Videocast Thoughts, and Other Sundry
Hey, guess what, squiders. I found my paper for the Shards library book talk. It was under my bed. Sigh. Who the heck knows why. (There were also cat hairballs under my bed, alas.) Too late to save me now. (One would think I
A Landsquid-y September
There’s been a distinct lack of landsquid on the blog lately, so here’s a landsquid on a laptop. I am very pleased to see the end of September here. It’s been a pretty draining month, aside from Iceland
In Other News
Hey, squiders, I appreciate you guys coming along with me while I work on my nonfiction books here on the blog. It’s been really beneficial for me, and I hope it’s been beneficial for you as well! I’m pondering when
8 Ways to Expand a Story Idea into Something Usable
Good morning, squiders! Back to ideas for today, and then I may leave the rest of the subject for the book and accompanying workbook and move on to something else. Today we’ll talk about how to take your inkling of
Where to Find Story Ideas: Old Stories
First off, squiders, I know that I originally scheduled our discussion of Undersea, the second book in the Finnbranch trilogy, for today, but I’m going to move it to Thursday, both because I’m not quite done with the book (which
Where to Find Story Ideas: Travel
The world is a fascinating place, Squiders. Every bit of it has its own traditions, its own stories. This can include everything from the urban legends of your hometown to the intricate mythologies to a country halfway around the globe.
Where to Find Story Ideas: Music
First of all, squiders, I want to let you know about this site called Fighter’s Block. Along with sites like Write or Die or Written Kitten, it adds in a little twist to offer some motivation for writing. In this
Where to Find Story Ideas: Research
Good afternoon, squiders. Today, in our search for inspiration, we’re going to talk about research. This is exactly what it sounds like–you need to know something (or know more about something) for a story, and so you research it. This
Where to Find Story Ideas: People
Good morning, squiders! It’s Wednesday, so I suppose we should get to work for the week. Today, continuing on with our inspiration theme, we’re going to talk about an endless font of ideas: other people. There’s a reason ‘people watching’
