Author: amloiselle

• Sitting and Writing

  Let’s talk about sitting. It’s the new smoking, as they say, in terms of your health, which is oddly fitting for writers: so many photographs depict writers from previous decades posing with cigarettes in their hands; either that or alcohol of some kind, also notable for its deleterious effect on a person’s long-term health. So,…

  amloiselle

  July 14, 2024

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  #writing, blog, blogging, creative-writing, writer

• One Very Surprising Downside

  To everything there is an upside, and a downside. Embarking on the path of authorship is no different, and I didn’t expect it to be. One particular downside, though, has come as a complete surprise to me: as a writer, I find I am much less of a reader. This doesn’t make sense, as reading…

  amloiselle

  April 14, 2024

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  #authorlife, #debutauthor, #dowritersread, #fullwriterexperience, #newauthor, #newwriter, #newwriters, #readerwriter, #readinglife, #writing, books, fiction, reading

• Joining a Writers’ Group

  If you’re a writer, it’s pretty much de rigueur to belong to a writers’ group. Actors take acting classes; retirees join rotary clubs; upwardly mobile professionals head to toastmasters – it’s just what you do, and for good reason. Whether it’s your hobby or your profession, joining a group of confreres is almost always the…

  amloiselle

  January 25, 2024

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  #debutauthor, #fullwriterexperience, #newwriter, #newwriters, #writing, #writinglife, #writingtips, books, creative-writing, debut author, new writer, writing advice, writing groups, writing tips, writingadvice, writinggroups

• What is the Full Writer Experience?

  Why become a writer? We all have our reasons. In fact, while I’ve had in mind to write a book – to be a person who writes books – for decades now, my reasons kept changing. When I finally sat down to do it, though, a completely new but immediately compelling desire came into my…

  amloiselle

  November 8, 2023

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  #fullwriterexperience, #newwriter, #writinglife, #writingtips, writer

• Book Signing

  Think about an iconic look – a snapshot if you will – of an author doing authory things. Chances are, you imagined that person signing books. It’s like a musician doing a recital, or a baseball player at batting practice, or a teacher grading papers. Authors do book signings. Naturally, an activity such as this…

  amloiselle

  November 4, 2023

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  #booksigning, #debutauthor, #fullwriterexperience, #newwriter, #newwriters, #writinglife, #writingtips, writer

• The Writers’ Retreat

  If you’re a writer, you are part of a group. You have a tribe. They are called Other Writers. It might be nice to get to know some of them. What better way to form relationships quickly than to spend a few days or a week together, totally focused on your common interest: writing. Think…

  amloiselle

  June 29, 2022

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  #debutauthor, #fullwriterexperience, #newwriter, #newwriters, #writerexperience, #writing, #writinglife, #writingtips, writersretreat, writersretreats