I love a good blast from the past, don't y'all? Well, today I thought we'd take a trip down the good ol' memory lane... the memory lane of Wattpad.com. Because, yep, like so many other authors out there, I actually got my start on Wattpad back in the day. Although my career wasn't picked up …
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How to Write Your First (Or Millionth) Poem
Hey y'all! So, today, I'm giving you a guided writing post that's going to take a very basic, beginner-friendly approach to... (drum roll, although you probably already read the blog title...) writing poems! Ah, poetry... you know, the thing some of us love, some of us hate, some of us love to hate, and some …
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What It Takes to Make a YA Audiobook
Okay, so some people... or, really, a lot of people don't know what it really takes to physically make a complete Young Adult/Teen Fiction audiobook. I mean, doesn't somebody just read a book aloud, and that's it? Guess what—WRONG. As someone who creates all her audiobooks completely from scratch with no outside help whatsoever, I …
Writing tips: story sprinklings
Hey y'all! So, I haven't done a true writing tips kind of post in a long while... and, to keep myself from feeling guilty about it, I'm coming at ya with a fresh one today. Now, today I'm talking about story sprinklings, which is a term I literally just made up. But it has a …
How to physically write two books at once
Hey homedogs. So, I may or may not have just started a brand new novel in the midst of crafting the middle chapters of another novel... Oops, I did it... again. Well, ordinarily, in the past when I've started a second or third or fourth or fifth or tenth book on a whim, I usually …
Dear fellow writers: the mistake I made
So, this just kind of dawned on me the other day. I've been listening to a lot of podcasts and reading about indie author marketing lately, so I've kind of had a slightly big mindset change, all centering around this one idea... My books are not for everyone. I had this idea in the beginning, …
Stuck.
We've all been there. We know the feeling. Uninspired. Drained. Loss of motivation. I've certainly been feeling stuck myself lately, so you're not alone. What's important to focus on, now, though, is the "how-to"... not how to get stuck, but rather how to get unstuck. So, below, I've created a short list of all my …
The best of… Emma Lenford 2.
Happy new years everybody! Or is it just 'new year'... I can't ever remember. Anyway, I believe this is usually a time of reflection, is it not? Reflection on the past year, the good and the bad aspects of it. So, I thought I'd take some time to... reflect on my second Emma Lenford series …
A Writing Challenge… Result.
Hey y'all, remember the writing challenge I proposed to you last week? The one that goes something like... Compose a short story... made up of 14 text messages... and ONLY 14 text messages. And, as promised, I am here to today to take this challenge for myself! So, here goes. 122-215-5676 at 13:22, 11/11/20: Passed …
A Writing Challenge!
Guys, I just came up with a great idea. It's kind of like a mini writing prompt/challenge... So, here's what I want YOU to do! Compose a short story... made up of 14 text messages... and ONLY 14 text messages. And, that's it! But, is it really as easy as it seems? Well, I'll find …
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