I'm blogging over on Redwood Park Communities today. Come and join me. If someone had told me ten years ago—even two years ago—that I would be doing some form of social work I would have been skeptical at best. I mean, really. I’m a mom of four who hasn’t worked outside the home in over… Continue reading When Your Calling Finds You
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Hold Fast: Kinship
This is my current work in progress, a historical fiction based on the true story of Ann MacLean, a Scottish immigrant and Loyalist. In this peek she meets someone who will play a brief but important role in her life. A few torches guttered at the corners of the garden beds, hard pressed to burn… Continue reading Hold Fast: Kinship
Everdream: The Tower
Everdream is finished now but here's a look inside. Prince Kynan is busy searching for his mother, lost for 10 years in the magic realm of Everdream. In the process of finding her, he learns who she really is. Just then, the mist to their left parted, and for a moment Kynan had a clear,… Continue reading Everdream: The Tower
Introvert’s Guide to Writing Conferences
This weekend I’m heading to Write Canada, a national writing conference put on by The Word Guild. But there’s just one problem. Like many writers, I am an introvert. Don’t get me wrong, I’m happy to be a loner. I love my quiet time. Me and a cup of tea alone with my MacBook —… Continue reading Introvert’s Guide to Writing Conferences
Because…
Today I'm doing something a little different. I've begun blogging over at Redwood Park Communities, the organization where I volunteer. I’ll never forget my first intake interview at United House. It was my birthday, a year and a half ago. I had already been involved with Redwood Park Communities since the beginning, helping to gut… Continue reading Because…
5 Ways to Build an Epic World
If you’re writing a novel, you need a setting. If you’re writing a fantasy novel, your setting needs to be an epic world. Whether you’re writing fantasy, historical fiction, or even something in your own backyard, you need to immerse the reader in that world without drowning them. There are a lot of novels… Continue reading 5 Ways to Build an Epic World
3 Myths About Daydreaming
I’ve always been a daydreamer. More often than not, as a child, it got me into trouble. But the more I’ve thought about my wool-gathering habit as an adult, the more I realize that my greatest strengths rely on this sometimes misunderstood state of mind. Here are some ways I think we’ve got daydreaming wrong.
5 Ways to Get Reaquainted with your Manuscript
Have you ever come back to a work in progress after a break and found it a stranger? This is something I’ve done many a time, especially after the Christmas rush and the flurry of New Year’s resolutions. Hello there, book-to-be. Who are you exactly? And where do we go from here? I’ve made plenty… Continue reading 5 Ways to Get Reaquainted with your Manuscript
Tips for NaNoWriMo Success
In a few short days, Nanowrimo will begin. If you aren’t aware, National Novel Writing Month is an annual challenge where over 300,000 writers band together to write a 50,000 word novel in the 30 days of November. If it sounds a bit crazy, that’s because it is. But it’s not impossible. I can assure… Continue reading Tips for NaNoWriMo Success
Plotline Prep for Planners & Pantsers
Autumn has always felt like the true beginning of a new year for me, after years of back-to-school programming. So it follows that fall is a perfect time to start something new in my writing, especially with Nanowrimo coming up again in just over a month. Now, you might be what they call a “Pantser”… Continue reading Plotline Prep for Planners & Pantsers
Erin E. M. Hatton 