Journal

We all make bad choices at some point in life. It’s part of living a full life. Missteps are not always dead ends. I knew trying to force a story this summer would be hard. I just didn’t think my constant physical pain and anxiety would put up a block […]

Writer in Motion: Admitting defeat

July 24, 2021 in Writer's Life by erikafrose

Last week just sucked. I mean it could have been worse. If you followed my WiM and Twitter posts last year you already know I had some emergent uterine issues. I definitely wasn’t expecting to still be dealing with it. But here we are. I had written off this year […]

Writer in Motion 2021 Week 1: The Zero Draft

July 20, 2021 in Writer's Life by erikafrose

While reading like a writer, there are bound to be some spoilers. If you don’t want spoilers for the book The Orchid Throne, by Jeffe Kennedy you might not want to continue reading this series. I will mark spoilers clearly with⛔️. The 5 promises In the beginning of a story there are […]

Reading Like a Writer, week 3

January 26, 2021 in Writer's Life by erikafrose

While reading like a writer, there are bound to be some spoilers. If you don’t want spoilers for the book The Orchid Throne, by Jeffe Kennedy you might not want to continue reading this series. I will mark spoilers clearly with ⛔️. Who’s the protagonist? After reading the first few […]

Journal

Writer in Motion: Admitting defeat

Writer in Motion 2021 Week 1: The Zero Draft

Reading Like a Writer, week 3

Reading like a writer, week 2

Reading like a writer

Word count for non-writers