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Browse through all 313 Ink Diva posts below. Click on a month to expand it.
It took me way too long to figure this out: the number in front of each post is the date it was written. If that seems obvious, it’s only because I explained it so well.
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- February 2012 (1)
- 12: Glee: Owning Your Inner Loser (0)
- December 2011 (2)
- 20: Last Christmas (0)
- 07: Hiatus through the Holidays (0)
- November 2011 (3)
- October 2011 (3)
- September 2011 (8)
- 21: Plotting and Motivation (2)
- 19: Best Writing Linkage 09.19.2011 (0)
- 14: My GMC “In the Wild” (0)
- 12: Best Writing Linkage 09.12.2011 (0)
- 09: Friday Mashup 09.09.2011 (0)
- 07: How to Find a Character’s GMC? (0)
- 05: Best Writing Links 09.05.2011 (0)
- 02: Revisited: How I Conquered the Synopsis (0)
- August 2011 (11)
- 31: Writing Free Form Character Biographies (0)
- 29: Best Writing Linkage 08.29.2011 (0)
- 26: Friday Mashup 08.26.2011 (0)
- 24: Develop Characters Without Worksheets (0)
- 22: Best Writing Linkage 08.22.2011 (0)
- 19: Friday Mashup 08.19.2011 (0)
- 17: Revisited: GMC by Debra Dixon (0)
- 15: Best Writing Linkage 08.15.2011 (0)
- 10: Revisited: Finishing That First Manuscript (0)
- 08: Best Writing Linkage 08.08.2011 (0)
- 03: Revisited: 10 Ways to Unblock Writer’s Block (0)
- July 2011 (3)
- June 2011 (6)
- May 2011 (4)
- 31: Recommended iPhone App: iReadG Free (0)
- 23: Feeding Your iPhone (0)
- 23: Why Writers are Annoying People to Know (4)
- 21: Finding Truth in the Things We Say (3)
- April 2011 (11)
- 30: Slight Hiatus (0)
- 20: Why Index Cards Don’t Work (For Me) (5)
- 19: Having a ‘Healthy’ Imagination: Two Sides (11)
- 15: Watching TV Makes You a Better Writer (6)
- 14: Kindlefeeder Revisited: Premium Service (3)
- 11: A Little Grammar Sluttiness | Link Licker Pick (1)
- 09: What is Love in Romance? (2)
- 07: Brainstorming 100 Ideas Resurrected My Story (0)
- 06: Party Like You’re 14 (4)
- 04: A Glance at: Red Riding Hood (2)
- 02: How to Get a Website of Your Very Own (2)
- March 2011 (14)
- 30: How to Grow a Character (5)
- 28: More Fun With Searching (4)
- 27: Carole, Bendy Buses, and Life | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 25: A Time to Write (4)
- 22: Wit & Pendulum | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 21: When Did I Become the Zombie Queen? (0)
- 19: You Could Win a Free Professional Book Edit (0)
- 17: You Can LOAN Kindle Books? (0)
- 16: What About the Query? (2)
- 12: On Agents, Failure, & Why We’re Even Here (9)
- 08: Kindle–Way More Than eBooks (1)
- 06: A Psychic, Ghosts, and Graveyard Sex–oh, My! (2)
- 05: Prewriting is NOT a Waste of Time (2)
- 03: Just My Novel’s Word Cloud (1)
- February 2011 (4)
- 26: Putting It Out There (1)
- 21: Reading, Breathing, Sleeping. The Necessities. (2)
- 06: The Kernel Idea–Not Popocorn (3)
- 02: Starting Over (0)
- January 2011 (2)
- 20: Research Help (2)
- 19: Kindle Bringing Reading Back (2)
- July 2010 (3)
- April 2010 (4)
- March 2010 (7)
- 28: Stages of Change and Character Arc (3)
- 21: 5 Things I Love About Twitter (0)
- 15: When You Hit a Writing Wall (1)
- 14: Material Girl: Writers and Readers (0)
- 06: Create Your Writing Bible (1)
- 04: Oatmeal is Good for You (0)
- 03: They Don’t Call It the Sagging Middle for Nothing (1)
- February 2010 (11)
- 22: Ruth Fowler: You Want My Opinion? Never. Write. Again. (2)
- 22: True Blood (2)
- 20: Bringing the Sex (1)
- 15: Vamps for a Buck (0)
- 14: Dear Lost Writers: (0)
- 12: Romance Novels – No More Rapage, Yay! (0)
- 11: A Romance Novel By Any Other Name… (0)
- 10: Organize much? (0)
- 10: Give It (0)
- 08: Writing Isn’t a Game (0)
- 07: Rules are NOT my friends (0)
- January 2010 (9)
- 31: Read Me, Someone. Anyone. (0)
- 24: HCM Plotting (1)
- 22: Returned! (0)
- 08: What’s Up, Shorty?! (0)
- 06: The Gift (0)
- 05: Extra Life (0)
- 05: FYI (0)
- 01: New Year Resolutions Are Evil (0)
- 01: On Writing and Fear (0)
- December 2009 (21)
- 31: To Sex With Feeling (0)
- 30: I Can Haz Coffee (0)
- 30: To Plot or Not to Plot? (0)
- 27: Cover Me (0)
- 26: Reinventing the Old Stuff (2)
- 25: Merry Christmas! (0)
- 22: Doing It Anyway (2)
- 16: Confession Time (3)
- 15: From the Heart (0)
- 15: I Read Banned Books (0)
- 12: Those Zany Characters (0)
- 11: How It Should Have Ended (0)
- 11: One Day (0)
- 10: Five Things I Couldn’t Write Without (3)
- 08: Zen Writing for the Mac (0)
- 08: Soooo Wrong Christmas Presents (NSFW) (3)
- 07: Are You a Good Witch or a Bad Witch? (0)
- 07: Synopsis Made Easy (1)
- 06: NaNo – Over Time (0)
- 02: You, the Expert (0)
- 07: The Art of Loving (0)
- November 2009 (8)
- 30: Dear NaNoWriMo, (0)
- 27: Write…Or Die! (1)
- 16: I Wrote a Synopsis! (1)
- 09: NanoWriMO Support (0)
- 07: NaNoWriMo: I Get It (0)
- 05: Nano: The Beginning (1)
- 04: Me NaNoWriMo (0)
- 02: Distractions (0)
- October 2009 (7)
- 20: Flashlight Worthy Books (1)
- 19: I (Got Rid of) Ads. (0)
- 18: It’s Zombie Love Story Time! (1)
- 16: Don’t Promise Me Tomorrow–or 1978 (0)
- 14: First Agent Query (0)
- 13: Making Time to Write (0)
- 04: Does This Make Me Sad or Scary? (2)
- September 2009 (13)
- 29: It’s the New Tag Cloud. Except It’s a “Beautiful Word Cloud.” (0)
- 28: A Glance at: Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (0)
- 21: Cassette From My Ex (0)
- 20: Get Your Very Own GMC Spreadsheet! (0)
- 19: Best. Character. Name. Finder. Ever. (0)
- 19: Happy International Talk Like A Pirate Day! (0)
- 15: “Saucy Flirt Zinke” (0)
- 11: Sad News for ePublishing (0)
- 08: Querying Is Not for Wimps (2)
- 07: The Heartbroke Daily (0)
- 05: Amazon Was NOT Mocking Me (2)
- 04: I Wrote This All By Myself (1)
- 02: Nix, Nix (that’s from Jailhouse Rock) (0)
- August 2009 (19)
- 31: Creating Your Novel Bible (0)
- 29: Wishing Well (0)
- 26: The Synopsis–That Witch Again (0)
- 24: Is Your Writing Too Hot For Your Computer? (0)
- 23: Just the Beginning (0)
- 22: SchmooookyPookiePooo is my favorite (0)
- 20: Zombies? Really, scientists? (4)
- 19: How Fear Can Still the Keyboard (0)
- 18: Stupid Spammers (2)
- 17: Beyond Heaving Bosoms (0)
- 15: A Side of Romance (0)
- 13: You Probably Shouldn’t Even Look at This Link (0)
- 12: Romance Geeks? (0)
- 11: Too-Cute Book Plates (0)
- 08: Kissing Gender
- 07: Deeply Missed (0)
- 06: The Goddess of Bloggess (2)
- 05: Where Do Writers Get Their Ideas? (0)
- 03: How to Look Professional AND Cool (0)
- April 2009 (4)
- 08: Traits of a Hero (1)
- 04: Just the Facts
- 02: I Spy With My Little Widget… (0)
- 01: POV, baby (0)
- March 2009 (11)
- 30: No, Thank You (0)
- 30: Revisited: Editing (1)
- 28: Truth or Dare
- 26: Purple Prose (0)
- 25: Layering (0)
- 11: Show, Don’t Tell (0)
- 09: Editing (0)
- 07: Happily
- 05: March Desktop (0)
- 04: A Glance At: Real Women Don’t Wear Size 2 (0)
- 02: Guess What I Found? (0)
- February 2009 (14)
- 28: If Only
- 26: Critters of the Romance Variety (0)
- 23: Giving In to “The Man” (0)
- 21: A Week Late, But…
- 18: Writing to a Formula (0)
- 17: Couldn’t Have Said It Better (0)
- 16: *Lovely* Brainstorming Site (0)
- 14: Ti-freaking-tanic?!
- 08: Very Damn (0)
- 07: Time After Time
- 05: Awesome Free Things (0)
- 04: A Glance at: Ex and the Single Girl (0)
- 03: Especially If You’re Characters Are as Crazy as Mine (and Me) (2)
- 02: Thumb Storage (0)
- January 2009 (22)
- 31: Brilliant Blogger
- 29: Authonomy (0)
- 28: The Parts People Skip (0)
- 27: Self-Doubt is a Bitch (0)
- 26: Breakfast at Tiffany’s (0)
- 26: Inspiration Point (0)
- 24: Maybe Later
- 22: Vintage Glam | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 21: Writing Badly to Find Your Voice (2)
- 19: It’s in the Air (0)
- 18: All We Can Say (0)
- 17: Is Copper “Precious?”
- 15: Deviant Art | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 14: Examining GMC in the Movie ‘Sabrina’ (0)
- 12: Right Now… (0)
- 10: Kiss, Kiss Darling
- 08: I am Red (0)
- 07: Let’s Talk About Sex (0)
- 05: Designing a Novel… Let’s Try This Again (0)
- 03: Um…no (0)
- 03: Names Matter
- 01: Come Alive (0)
- December 2008 (18)
- 31: Rewriting Blues (0)
- 29: Neo (Formerly the Alphie) (2)
- 27: Biscotti
- 25: Enjoying the Classics (0)
- 24: Update: Do You NaNoWriMo (0)
- 24: Merry Christmas (0)
- 22: Tools of the Trade (0)
- 20: What You Need (0)
- 20: Sensuality
- 19: The Importance of Pre-Writing (1)
- 18: The Escape Call (0)
- 15: Designing a Novel? (3)
- 14: You know (0)
- 13: “You are a saucy flirt!” –Lake Placid (1)
- 11: One More Minute (0)
- 10: Do You NaNoWriMo? (0)
- 09: You Give Me Fever (0)
- 08: Do I Have Something You Want? (0)
- November 2008 (11)
- 17: Genres Are For Wimps (1)
- 15: Yes, I do know she’s a hooker. (0)
- 13: Demotivation and Despair | Link Licker Pick (0)
- 12: My GMC Spreadsheet (0)
- 10: Body Language: Letting Your Character Speak Without Dialogue (1)
- 10: At My Worst (0)
- 08: You Can Tell A Lot About a Person From Their… Castle (2)
- 06: Cliché Alert (0)
- 05: Bitch, Ok! Just Say No. (0)
- 03: If Bitch, Ok! Is Your Thing… (0)
- 03: That Dr. Seuss (0)
- October 2008 (18)
- 30: A Short Hiatus (1)
- 30: That’s All I’m Saying (0)
- 27: A Writer Must Be a Reader First (3)
- 25: In Honor of All Hallow’s Eve
- 23: Free Software. No, seriously. (1)
- 22: No Bitch, Ok! For Me. (4)
- 20: I Can’t Write. Without Coffee. Mmmn. (5)
- 18: Speaking of muses…
- 16: Censorship is a Dirty Whore (2)
- 15: Life Gets in the Way…is That a Metaphor? (0)
- 13: Don’t Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Part 2 (0)
- 11: Rainy Days say so much?
- 09: Writer Crazy (1)
- 08: One Sentence for Fiction (4)
- 06: Don’t Wear Your Heart on Your Sleeve: Part 1 (1)
- 04: See? The quizzes aren’t just filler. (1)
- 02: One Sentence Stories (2)
- 01: Do I look bad in this? (0)
- September 2008 (15)
- 29: Backing Up: The Party Remix (0)
- 27: I Suspected as Much
- 25: I Can Has Lolcats? (0)
- 24: The Great Scene Tracker (3)
- 22: Floating Books (0)
- 20: Lori. Uncommonly Made, Uncommonly Good.
- 18: Funny, in the “nervous twittery, too much of myself” way (0)
- 17: Structural Integrity, Baby (0)
- 15: Creating your space (1)
- 13: Good to Know
- 11: Give 50,000 New Books (0)
- 10: Bite me, synopsis. (2)
- 08: On Writing (0)
- 06: Confession Time
- 05: A Glance at: Mirror, Mirror (2)
- August 2008 (5)
- 30: Shocking, I know (4)
- 28: Shhh. It’s a Secret (0)
- 27: My Name is Lori, and I’m Writing a Secret Baby Story (0)
- 25: Vintage Inspiration (0)
- 23: The Loss of My First Reader (1)
- May 2008 (1)
- April 2008 (11)
- 28: Seeing your stories future (0)
- 26: I think that’s an underestimation
- 25: Hot Kitty in the City (0)
- 21: Shuffling Your Way to Better Writing (1)
- 19: Seasonal Affect (2)
- 18: Fug you.
- 14: the great white hope (0)
- 13: My Goth Name
- 11: Towels with ‘tude
- 10: a writer and her toys… er, tools (0)
- 01: 7 Day Challenge (0)
- March 2008 (3)
- 18: G to the M to the freaking C (0)
- 15: UPDATE: You Can’t Write (0)
- 02: You Can’t Write (0)
- January 2008 (2)
- 22: Finis. Sort of. (0)
- 15: Forget Backstory… how about backing up? (0)
- December 2007 (1)
- 10: Backstory (0)
- November 2007 (1)
- 15: For the Rush (0)
- October 2007 (2)
- 25: 10 Ways to Unblock Writer’s Block (1)
- 18: ink diva? yes, i am. (0)
