Sensory details add realism to your writing and make the reader feel more connected to the work. Let’s get those creative juices going and do some practice working with sensory details as writing prompts. Look at the suggestions below and see if anything stands out to you. Can you combine more than one of these in a story? Scent heavy maple sweetness combined with hints of vanilla chemical stench of plastic thrown on a fire flowery fabric softener embedded in … Read More »

It’s the new year, and people are thinking about resolutions, changing their lives, and expanding their horizons. Those are great goals to aspire and work toward. I’ve even been working on a few of my own in various parts of my life. Then I wondered how I could apply those lofty ideas to my writing. Organize How is the plot moving along? Are scenes jumping around like popping corn or fireworks exploding in the night sky? It might be a … Read More »

  It’s quite the cat and mouse game—a user tries to get their post seen, Facebook changes how things are seen, user finds something new that works, Facebook changes, user updates, Facebook changes. Over and over. Well, they’ve changed things yet again. It’s easy to get frustrated at all of this. But frustration doesn’t get your post seen. Try to think of it as a game. How can I outsmart the all-knowing Facebook? How Facebook Decides What to Show its … Read More »

When multiple talents combine, a truly incredible work can be the result. Just ask Marina Brown, the Published Book of the Year winner for the 2020 Royal Palm Literary Awards. She’s been a professional ballerina, a journalist, a deep water sailor, a nurse, a cellist, a watercolorist, and much more. She used her unique world knowledge and experiences to help build the story behind The Orphan of Pitigliano, her winning entry. For the 2020 RPLA Showcase, Bill Opperman will be … Read More »

Often when writers hear marketing, they turn and run screaming. Well, maybe not literally, but the word definitely causes anxiety for many. Questions abound: What do I do? When? How do I do it? How much time will it all take? Do I have to? Here is a quick answer: You will get out of marketing what you put into it. No marketing, no sales. But that doesn’t mean you have to spend every waking minute with a megaphone shouting … Read More »

Who likes holiday writing contests?! Our sister organization, the Florida Writers Foundation, is holding a holiday writing contest as a fundraiser. So get those fingers ready to dive in to some fun! Contest Details Submissions are open from November 1st – November 30th. Start by giving a donation to the Foundation here. The recommended amount is $10. Then you can write either a 1,000 word or less short story or a poem with a max of 40 lines for your … Read More »