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Writing From the Trenches
http://writingtrenches.com/
A writer's journey through the world of writing professionally. Includes both fiction and nonfiction writing, tips, and inspiration.
Recent Posts
Dusting Off My Writing Shelf
Wow! Time certainly flies when you neglect your blog, doesn’t it? I have thought about this writing blog often, but I haven’t taken the time to do anything about it. I am determined to change that and blow the dust off of this blog....
Setting Your Writing Goals
With the New Year, many people are making resolutions to hopefully make improvements in their lives. But I don’t like to make resolutions, because they are so easily broken and dismissed. I like to set goals instead. When you set a goal, ...
Listening to Your Characters
I’ve been busy working on my Nano masterpiece and I have had some rather interesting experiences thus far. It seems that my characters are busy talking to each other in my head. But they aren’t only talking with each other, they are also ...
NanoWriMo Time
Well the time is almost upon those of us who undertake the great NanoWriMo contest each year. I am determined to not only participate, but actually complete my 50,000 word masterpiece. I participated last year, but only got a few hundred words or so ...
Finding Your Passion
As writers we are naturally passionate about life and the things in it. But sometimes we lose our focus of what is the most important to us. We become concerned with making the money we need for our bills and necessities. We lose ourselves in the pro...
Do You Speak Thesaurus?
This is a previously published piece from my original blog on blogger. As a writer, I am obviously very fond of words. I simply love them and love to find new and creative ways to say things. One of my favorite writing tools is my trusty thesaurus. I...

