by Allyson Lindt | May 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s almost as gray outside right now (1:10 pm) as it was when I got up at 5:30 this morning. It’s chilly. It’s rainy. It’s gorgeous. The words are flowing through me as I revise this story. Not the one I should be working on, but the one...
by Allyson Lindt | May 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
I’ve been pondering my reading habits lately. Because the author in me wants to know what makes the reader in me buy books. I’ve been desensitized to the book blurb, because writing queries makes my brain bleed. Reviews read like templates. people either...
by Allyson Lindt | May 7, 2012 | Book Review, Random Awesomeness
If you’re looking for my Writer’s Voice Contest Entry, it’s the previous post.I rarely ever do this. As in, I think I only have two or three total book reviews up here. So very rarely does a book so completely captivate me that I feel compelled to...
by Allyson Lindt | May 3, 2012 | Uncategorized
If you’d like to know more about The Writer’s Voice hosted by Cupid Literary Connection and a host of fantastic people, click the links ^_^ I’d try and summarize, but I know I’d leave out an important detail and their blog post clears it right...
by Allyson Lindt | May 2, 2012 | Uncategorized
I didn’t make it through the A-Z Challenge last month. We hit ‘W’ and I just kind of crashed and burned. It was a lot of fun participating again this year, but I don’t know if I’ll do it again in the future. Last year I really loved...
by Allyson Lindt | Apr 25, 2012 | A-Z, Advice, musings, philosophical
I have two friends who own their own businesses. They’re very dedicated to making these ventures work, and they balance that with full time (or more than full time) jobs. I talk to them, and when I hear how much vigor they put into these opportunities, how much...
by Allyson Lindt | Apr 24, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s what we all want, right? To be unique enough to stand out from the crowd, but not to be so unique that it’s unrecognizable?What an interesting conundrum ^_^During the entire month of April, I’m participating in the A to Z Blogging Challenge. The...
by Allyson Lindt | Apr 23, 2012 | A-Z
It actually made me so antsy to wait for the letter ‘T’ to come up that I wrote this post a whole three days in advance. Because I need help.Not mental help. Well, okay, that too, but I’ll pay a professional for that. Or give you a candy bar. Your...
by Allyson Lindt | Apr 21, 2012 | #writingtech, A-Z, how-to, Random Awesomeness
Last week I mentioned I had some Scrivener tips to share. Since Blogger ate the original post, I figured I’d save them for the letter ‘S’. Cuz, Scrivener, right? For those of you not familiar with this software, here’s a link to the Literature...
by Allyson Lindt | Apr 20, 2012 | A-Z, Advice, philosophical
AKA: Why you shouldn’t let someone else define your dreamsIn case you didn’t infer it from my post yesterday about the Quest, the very first novel I wrote was a romance novel. This is a story I very rarely call my first novel, even though at the time, I...
