Tag: writerslife

• Worthiness of Dreams

  Worthiness of Dreams – My head is a strange place with big wolves inside who gnaw on the bones of my might. Who collapse this skeleton of dreams into splinters. What else did I deserve other than to be rejected? #writing #inspiration #writerslife #dreams

  E. J. Dawson

  February 11, 2022

  #inspiration

  #amwriting, #authors, #creativity, #dreams, #goals, #inspiration, #writer, #writers, #writingcommunity, writerslife

• Nano Hangover

  Nano Hangover – Pouring out all those words leaves your tank empty. Stop and refill. Got more gas? Story isn’t over yet…

  E. J. Dawson

  December 4, 2021

  #nanowrimo, On Writing

  #amwriting, #authors, #book, #nano, #nanowrimo, #Nanowrimo2021, #writers, #writingcommunity, writerslife, writing

• 30 Days of Nano – Word Count

  30 Days of Nano – Mini-blog series; find more tips to surviving #Nanowrimo2021

  E. J. Dawson

  November 5, 2021

  #nanowrimo

  #authors, #inspiration, #writers, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writerslife, writing

• Ana on Sensitivity Reading – Sensitivity Blog Series

    Image Alt Text:  This image depicts a purple sun on a white background and overlaid with the words “Exploring the need for / Sensitivity Readers / a blog series / by E.J. Dawson, Tara Jazdzewski, Alex Woodroe, Ashley Dawn, Fay Lane and Alexa Rose”. To the right of this image are a series of…

  E. J. Dawson

  August 14, 2020

  Sensitivity, Uncategorized

  #reading, #sensitivityreaders, #Writerscafe, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writerslife, writing

• Healthy Writing

  I’m going to tell you all something that should come as no surprise; I loathe exercise. When I wake up in the morning I pour in Earl Grey tea and hope fortitude will get me through the day. I do walk my 35kg mastiff which is a challenge unto itself but that’s rostered under my…

  E. J. Dawson

  July 24, 2020

  On Writing

  #health, #mentalhealth, #physicalfitness, #writers, #Writerscafe, #writingcommunity, writerslife

• Toxic Twitter: A Hidden Agenda

    Over the years I’ve come to recognize the Writing Community on Twitter as… complicated. And no, this isn’t your Facebook relationship status kind of complicated. Whether or not I think these people should be named is irrelevant because it incites the very behavior I am about to admonish.   I have a few followers,…

  E. J. Dawson

  July 18, 2020

  Social Media, Uncategorized

  #authors, #random, #sociamedia, #Twitter, #writers, #writingcommunity, writerslife

• Save Your Script with Save the Cat

    I’m going to start by telling you all something I’m very proud of; I’m a panster.   I rarely plot a novel, I have a few images in my head and an end scene usually and that end scene in my head often drives the rest of the story. The sense of discovery and…

  E. J. Dawson

  July 1, 2020

  On Writing, Uncategorized

  #authors, #novel, #SavetheCat, #writers, #writingcommunity, #writingtips, amwriting, writerslife, writing

• Taking Down Trolls

  The last time I fought I troll I did so quietly and with anonymity. Last night on Twitter that did NOT happen. Was it the glass of wine or the late hour on a Friday night or the nature of the attack? Nope, it was because this guy had nothing to spew but a generalized…

  E. J. Dawson

  June 20, 2020

  Social Media

  #amquerying, #bullying, #MSWL, #querying, #selfpublish, #selfpublishing, #trolls, #Writerscafe, #writingcommunity, amwriting, writerslife, writing

• Cue the Editor

  When I set out on my self-publishing journey I knew that I’d need a good editor. I spoke to a friends, found a few people who might help, and sent them firstly my novella. The people I spoke to had varying degrees of warmth – all of them charging a reasonable rate but to me…

  E. J. Dawson

  June 13, 2020

  On Writing

  #authors, #edit, #editing, #editors, #selfpub, #selfpublish, #selfpublishing, #writers, #writingcommunity, writerslife

• The #WritingCommunity’s Inclusiveness & Support

    We’re living in a world with a lot of chaos and fighting.   Covid. The BLM movement. The art vs artists arguments.   The truths coming about from the traditionally publishing industry, agencies that have had staff walk out, the disparaging differences for advances to black authors, and most recently the NYT revelations. *deep…

  E. J. Dawson

  June 9, 2020

  Social Media

  #authors, #creativity, #selfpub, #selfpublish, #selfpublishing, #Writerscafe, #writingcommunity, writerslife, writing