Valerie G MillerMar 313 minItalians in Australia. That’s Amore!Italy is a dream that keeps returning for the rest of your life Anna Akhmatova Buongiorno, mi chiamo Valeria Gisella. G’day, my name is...
Valerie G MillerFeb 133 min7 celebration cocktails with a romantic twist"When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." ...
Valerie G MillerOct 30, 20214 minWhat are my writing tools?"You can make anything by writing." C.S. Lewis Ever wonder how your favourite author creates their book? I would love to share the tools...
Valerie G MillerOct 14, 20212 minA new direction in writing Romance stories 🌸She couldn’t keep her colours inside the lines, so she drew new lines. Anonymous The meaning of ‘journey’ as a noun is: Any course or...
Valerie G MillerAug 14, 20213 minAugust, September and October 2021 Short Story CompetitionsYou can make anything by writing. C.S. Lewis A happy-winter-is-nearly-over greeting to you if you are in the southern hemisphere or...
Valerie G MillerJul 16, 20215 minHow to maintain your social media profile and still have time to write?Social media is not a media. The key is to listen, engage, and build relationships. David Alston When I started on my journey to become a...
Valerie G MillerJun 11, 20214 minWhich publishing option is best for your book?The future of publishing is to have connection to readers and the knowledge of what those readers want. Seth Godin I have...
Valerie G MillerMay 2, 20212 minJune and July 2021 Short Story Competitions“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.” Douglas Adams I don’t know about you, but I always seem to find a...
Valerie G MillerApr 2, 20213 minPassionate about Podcasts Listening to podcast, reading a book, listening to an audiobook and watching films isn't waste of time. It's how somebody becomes wise!...
Valerie G MillerMar 6, 20215 minWhat’s in a name?What's in a name? that which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet. William Shakespeare (Romeo and...
Valerie G MillerFeb 5, 20215 minNew beginningsEvery moment is a fresh beginning. T.S. Eliot The new year has started, which means new goals, new habits to build, old habits to break...
Valerie G MillerDec 28, 20201 minAustralian Women Writers Challenge 2021The Australian Women Writers Challenge begins again this year on 1 January 2021 and will conclude on 31 December 2021. You can sign up...
Valerie G MillerDec 25, 20201 minWishing you all a very Merry Christmas I will be taking a holiday break. My first post for 2021 will be available on Saturday 7 February. In 2021, a new blog article will...
Valerie G MillerDec 18, 20205 minWhy a pseudonym? I suggest to my students that they write under a pseudonym for a week. That allows young men to write as women, and women as men. It...
Valerie G MillerDec 11, 20205 minThe Autumn of my Dreams People say, 'What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?' I say, they don't really need advice, they know they want to be...
Valerie G MillerDec 4, 20203 minTwelve Rejections ... coming of age as a writerI love my rejection slips. They show me I try. Sylvia Plath I read an article about a writer whose goal was to receive 100 rejections in...
Valerie G MillerNov 27, 20203 minMiss Muse ... why are you so fickle?Inspiration is the windfall from hard work and focus. Muses are too unreliable to keep on the payroll. Helen Hanson Muse. A noun. There...
Valerie G MillerNov 20, 20203 minGreat first lines that get you hookedReading a novel is a journey. A great novel can entice you into a wonderful new world filled with great characters, events and emotions....
Valerie G MillerNov 13, 20204 minNational Novel Writing Month ... a.k.a NaMoWriMoThere's an old folk saying that goes: whenever you delete a sentence from your NaNoWriMo novel, a NaNoWriMo angel loses its wings and...
Valerie G MillerNov 6, 20205 minIf you want to do... you have to say yes to no!You don't find time to write. You make time. Nora Roberts 2020. 20 days. 20 thousand words. I do have an affiliation for numbers that...