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Memoir Monday: Seven Tips for Writing a Great Memoir

It’s going to be Tuesday by the time I get this post out, but it must be Monday somewhere in the world? In Hawaii maybe? Alaska? Today, since it’s past my bedtime, here are seven tips for writing a great memoir. I’ll go into them more in depth in the coming weeks.

1. Don’t worry […]

Contest Winner and Link Love

The winner of this month’s Writerland contest is …

KRISTAN!

Kristan, e-mail me your address and to whom you’d like the book addressed (Kristan, Kristan the Magnificent, etc.) to meghan (at) meghanward (dot) com. Then, whenever you’re ready, send me 20 pages of your manuscript or a short story, and I will critique it and […]

Stand Up To Write

A reminder to comment here by midnight tonight to win a personalized autographed copy of The Secret Miracle and a 20-page critique (you just have to be a follower over there in the sidebar.)

Last week I hurt my back so badly I couldn’t move for several hours. A ton of Motrin and an ice […]

Back up!

A quick reminder for all my followers to enter the Writerland contest to win a PERSONALIZED autographed copy of The Secret Miracle: A Novelist’s Handbook. The deadline is Thursday, April 15, at midnight.

Another reminder to back up your files. I’ve written about this before, but I think it’s important for writers to be reminded […]

Memoir Monday: Do You Have a Story To Tell?

First, I just have to say, this is my 100th blog post! I started Writerland in November, and so far I’ve made some really wonderful blog buddies (Sierra, Kristan, Jackie, Kristen, Christie, and J.P. to name but a few), and I want to thank you all for stopping by on a regular basis. It’s people […]

Wordle Up!

I’m hopping on the Wordle bandwagon and posting my manuscript as interpreted by Wordle. People are using this as an editing tool, but Wordle filters out numbers and the most common English words like “and” and “the.” I obviously use the word “like” a lot, but not in the “Like, totally tubular” sort of way, […]

Contest Reminder

I’m extending my followers contest until Thursday, April 15, at midnight, so you have until then to get your taxes done and to comment below. All you have to do is follow me over there on the sidebar where it says Google Friend Connect and then tell me:

1. Your name/screen name 2. Where you’re […]

The Elevator Pitch

Nathan Bransford posted this great vlog last week about the importance of nailing down your 200-word pitch. If you haven’t seen the video, check it out. But first, let me ask you … what is your elevator pitch? In one or two sentences, what is your book about? I need to work on mine, but […]

Contest!

It’s that time of year again—time for a followers contest! All you have to do is follow me over there on the sidebar where it says Google Friend Connect (and if you’re already following me, you can win, too!). Then comment below telling me:

1. Your name/screen name 2. Where you’re located 3. Your blog/website […]

Drastic Measures

Despite all my talk about stick-to-it-iveness, I have not done much writing in the past couple of months. I have lots of excuses—two small children, training for a half marathon, etc. But like Martha Borst says, you can have excuses, or you can have results. And I don’t want this revision to drag on all […]

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