A.C.E. Writers

I’m a position writer. I get into position and I write. That position is usually somewhere near the computer, with my fingers on the keyboard. If there’s a white space in front of me, I simply determine to fill it up with something. I’ve been known to set my writing goal as “Fill up 10 [...]

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Occasionally, I find a blog with a writer so focused on content and niche that the blog is “of a mind” and I’m drawn back to that mind. Time and again, I’m drawn to a blog written by a young woman who has grown up before my very eyes. Her sense of wonder never ceases [...]

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You never know when it’s important to get the right message to the right person, until you’ve once given the wrong message to the wrong person. There’s a problematic issue there of the message and who it should be given to. Try now – this message. It’s nearly midnight and the day is gone, but [...]

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As I sit here, once again, awaiting sunrise, the contemplation of what draws readers comes to mind. There’s a comment in the in box that indicates my topics are spam… uhhuh. She’s selling Viagra, Vicodin and Valium and my topics are spam. Okay, that’s a good line. I suppose, even the fact that I referred [...]

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Paper and pen go a long ways toward building a successful writing career. You’ve probably heard all the secrets that make writers good at their task. Using a computer with word count. Using word checker to spell check your writing. Using line edited scripts on the computer. Writing with a keyboard and functional digital dictionary. [...]

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You read a great blog and you’d like to add a snippet of the blog to your post… What do you do? There’s a website where you can create a FEED that loads the traffic into a widget  you can insert into your blog post, right below what you write about the blog — like [...]

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As a writer, corralling your ideas and thoughts can be the most difficult part of getting a book out. Everyone struggles with organization, but it doesn’t have to be a total battle. There are ways to corral the mess and become organized. Get a planner. The first step to becoming organized as a writer is [...]

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Listening to Ty Harmon and Erik Stone chatter about Mike Huckabee’s column this morning made me wonder if either of them realize how much personality they bring to the “Anything Goes” morning show on KLMR Radio in Lamar, Colorado? Erik Stone’s professional reporter/journalist personality comes across loud and strong on the show, countered by Ty’s [...]

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Do your words get all bundled up in the paper and you can’t get poop out of them? STOP. Writer Constipation can be terminal! Midnight calls from writers often tie me up in a ball of frustration because they’re whining and complaining about the dinking words that won’t come to them, when in reality they [...]

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More and more, as I meet with local writers, I get the same story. It always goes something like this… “Jan, I want to write a book. I’ve got these three chapters done, read them and tell me what you think.” “Wow, these are great. I sense a lot of emotion here. You had me [...]

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