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 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...
Valerie G MillerOct 23, 20204 minThe Writer’s Community No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. John Donne Throw the confetti. Ring...
Valerie G MillerOct 16, 20201 minWriting Milestones ... Quotes to InspireI have spent the last three months plotting and planning my first novel. If you have read my past posts, you will know that my original...
Valerie G MillerOct 9, 20204 minFirst Drafts are Messy.One of the greatest benefits of writing a truly awful, lousy, no good first draft is that it can only get better from there. (Martha...
Valerie G MillerOct 2, 20204 minBreaking up with Pantsing and my affair with Plotting. “Plans are of little importance, but planning is essential.” Winston Churchill Are you a Plotter? A Pantser? Or Plantser? These are...
Valerie G MillerSep 25, 20204 minRules of EngagementI love writing. Playing with words. Creating new characters. Telling stories. Some days it's easy. You sit down and you write. The words...