Inspiration, freelance writing and illustration to make your blog great
Emma Newman is the author of the soon-to-be-published Twenty Years Later, her debut young adult fiction novel set in a post-apocalyptic future, which she has been podcasting since last year. She lives in Somerset, England with her husband and two year old son. Though he’s an only child, she considers him her second child – [...] Read more »
Iwrite full time. Ghostwriting, blog posts, comments, emails, tweets. You name it and my fingers might have made it happen. When I first started to write, I had no aspirations for a writing career. Weaving words was merely salve to sooth an aching heart, dulled by my daughter leaving the nest for Kindergarten. I spent [...] Read more »
How to Find Your Writing Style Finding your writing style is like having a skill that can season your words from weak to wonderful. Each of us has access to the same alphabet, 26 letters and not a vowel or consonant more. It’s what we do with our selection of sounds that lends the greatest [...] Read more »
7 Easy (And Fun!) Exercises to Boost Your Creativity NOTE: This is Collective Inkwell’s first guest post, written by Sherice Jacob of ielectrify. Are you stuck wondering how you can even think OUTSIDE the box when you’re stuck IN the box? Whether you’re tackling a difficult problem or are suffering from complete burnout, these seven creative [...] Read more »
I’m a television junkie, my habit formed early in life, then groomed along a few steady decades of dependence and practiced routine. Fortunately, controlling the cravings for my coaxial crack has been made easier by a sharp shift in my recent schedule. Now I’m a writer spending my days writing great copy. I’ve modified the [...] Read more »
This is the first in a series of posts on Greasing Your Creative Wheels. Whether you’re a blogger, a writer or another type of artist, there are times when the creative machine gets jammed, the cogs get all gunked up and you need a Creative Tune-Up. This series aims to get your engine going again [...] Read more »
Remember when you were little and you used to go to the movies, you would pay ten cents for your ticket and a nickel for your popcorn, then amble in, find your seat and watch the exciting adventures play out from the week before? No? Wrong decade, huh? Well, coming up in the wrong decade [...] Read more »
“Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.” ~Jules Renard I‘m a writer. It makes no difference that I first picked up my pen just a year and a half back; a woman is no less a mother when her milk first begins to flow. Writing, to me, is the music I make for [...] Read more »
Is your blog a GREAT blog? Does your blog burn brightly or is it just another fading star in cyberspace? Are your readers informed and entertained or are you delivering the same tired copy and uninspired, poorly functioning web design which assaults the senses and insults the intellect of your audience? Does your blog resonate [...] Read more »
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