by Michelle | May 3, 2021 | Blog, Courses
A short time ago (about two years if anyone’s counting) I participated in a critique group for deep pov run by Lisa Hall Wilson. I joined the critique group thinking I knew more about this pov than I actually did, and although I got a lot out of this, I decided...
by Michelle | Mar 18, 2021 | Blog, Professional Development
For some time now (well over a year) I have been thinking about training to become an accredited writing/book coach. This came about as I often receive requests to do a developmental edit for new authors, but sometimes an edit isn’t enough, or rather, it...
by Michelle | Jan 27, 2021 | Blog, Coaching
Prowritingaid is running free training sessions for writers of fantasy from Feb 22nd to 26th. There will be live sessions with TJ Klune, Angela J. Ford, David Farland and Stephanie BwaBwa, a world-building workshop, a complete World Anvil software walkthrough and...
by Michelle | Jan 5, 2021 | Blog, Bullet Journal, Planning, Scheduling
Between Christmas and New Year, I go through a period of self-assessment and analysis of how my business is doing and make goals and (lots of) promises (to myself) on how I can improve during the year ahead. The end result of this is lots of to-do lists, blank stat...
by Michelle | Jul 20, 2020 | Blog
Those of you who know me, know that I love books related to the craft of writing and editing and that one of my absolute favourites is the Emotion Thesaurus. Well, today, I have something fun to share…and a chance to win some help with your writing bills. You...
by Michelle | Jan 30, 2020 | Blog, Screenwriting
I have been receiving questions about screenwriting of late and this is a quick post to list all the useful websites, software, and books I have discovered over the past few years. Software: Final Draft (the bees knees/industry standard software): $250 (*student...
