Story inspirations
Where do ideas come from? Where do we get our inspiration? Lately I’ve been looking at what inspires me and feeds my imagination and I've discovered that it's filled with the things I LOVE: place, history and mythology.
Conquering writer's doubt: my three tricks
*Sticks up hand* Hi, my name is Vicki and I am a serial-self-doubter. Most days I’m pretty sure I suck at this writing thing. But here's how I beat the Ratty-McCrappy-Pants that lives in my head to finish two books anyway.
Improvisation can improve your writing
When I started learning how to improvise it wasn’t so that I could become a better writer. But that's exactly what happened when I followed a hunch that I should try this different form of storytelling on for size.