Sweet Success Archive

My NaNoWriMo journey began in 2011, with the drafting of my novel Roadside Zoo. I participated four more years. I did not NaNo in 2016 […]

Dr. Robert Cole’s advice about listening applies to reading as well. Do you “listen” to what you’ve written? Robert Coles is a child psychiatrist, professor […]

Are you ready to rummmmble? Or at least ready to knock National Novel Writing Month out of the park? Your resident writing cheerleader is here […]

November. Cooler weather, crisp leaves, pumpkin spiced everything, and that crazy time of year called National Novel Writing Month, affectionately called NaNoWriMo—easier to say, too. […]

When I was younger, I told anyone who asked (and many who didn’t) that I wanted to be a writer when I grew up. I […]

Motivation and muse are tricky things. Sometimes they are discovered through careful planning or trial and error. Sometimes they hit you like a freight train […]

Dear PPW Readers, Welcome to October. This month is, traditionally, the beginning of the fall season. A time to get ready for winter. Put the […]

Today is the Birth Anniversary of Confucius, who would be 2,568 years old. Confucius was born on or about the equivalent of September 28, 551 […]

As a self-published author, I find it’s sometimes a scary thing when you are doing it all on your own. You have to make sure […]

[Note: This is Part-2 of a two part series. Click here for Part-1] Endings The end of a scene doesn’t really end anything, but tells […]

[Note: this is part-1 of a two part series] Something that a lot of writing books don’t teach beginnings writers is how to write a […]

I am a perfectionist and a scaredy-cat. ~Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop Today Elizabeth Winthrop Alsop celebrates her 70th birthday. Elizabeth has published children’s, young adult, picture […]

There is more to proofing a book than just reading the story. At some point in every writer’s career, you’ll be asked to proof a […]

One of the hardest parts of writing is submitting, whether to contests, agents, or magazines. Without submitting, you never know what you can achieve. Finding […]

By: Jason Henry Evans Hello, gentle reader. This month on the historical fiction blog, I am writing about finding your niche in historical fiction. You’ve […]

Dear Writers… It is September already and Fall is just around the corner. Here in Colorado the nights are turning cool with the days still […]

Write Worlds Your Readers Won’t Forget On Tuesday, August 21st, author Stant Litore presented a workshop on world-building at PPW’s monthly Write Brain event. Using […]

By: Deb Buckingham, Contributing Editor As someone who shoots people (I know where your mind went), I often think of ways to marry terms from […]

Today, August 24, 2018, Stephen Fry celebrates his 61st birthday. “An original idea. That can’t be too hard. The library must be full of them” […]

So, you’ve got a great idea for a story of historical fiction. You know who the protagonist is. You know who their sidekick is and […]

How does Facebook’s algorithm change affect my author page? Mark Zuckerberg made an announcement on his Facebook page in January about changes in the Facebook […]

Today, August 10th, Suzanne Collins celebrates her 56th birthday. Suzanne Collins, a television writer and novelist, is Amazon’s best selling author of all time. She’s […]

by: Barbara Nickless “If you want to get shot,” the SWAT leader said, “go ahead and reach for that gun.” I froze, my hand inches […]

Readers, today we share with you a new writing contest, courtesy of The Pen Drop Coffee Break Meetup and local author and Pikes Peak Writers member […]

by: M.B. Partlow Pikes Peak Writers just unveiled their brand new workshop proposal portal, and we are open for business, looking for your proposals! What […]