Blog Profile / All About Writing
| URL : | http://nicolehumphrey.net/ | |
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| Filed Under: | Arts / Writing | |
| Posts on Regator: | 25 | |
| Posts / Week: | 0.3 | |
| Archived Since: | November 2, 2011 | |
Blog Post Archive
Freelance Writing is NOT an easy job!
One of the things that annoys me most when I am out perusing article websites, blogs and just writing sites in general, is the serious lack of skills from the different writers. I am blessed to have an editor that I work closely with at both of my full time writing jobs, however thankfully I [...]
Beginnings: The First Few Pages
How do you start your book? A strong opening is very important to a good story and a good book. Many people glance at the first few pages when thinking about reading a book; if it doesn’t grab them then, you’ve lost a potential reader. One of the best pieces of advice I ever got, [...]
What are Your Words of Wisdom for Writing
Sometimes when I sit down at my computer, and I am about to pour words into my latest project, a quote or a piece of advice will pop into my head. Sometimes I can remember where it came from; who said it or where I read it. Other times, not so much. The thing is, [...]
The Week’s Best Writing Posts: Friday, May 4, 2012
Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. ” - Gene Fowler It has been forever since I did one of these posts; I think all the way back in September. After noticing some exceptional posts for writers floating around [...]
Writing a Book Backwards
Do you do this? I know some people write out of order, that isn’t totally uncommon. Sometimes inspiration will hit and I will find myself writing a chapter that goes later in the book, because I can see the entire scene in my head. The book I am working on now however, while not complete, [...]
Too Much Stress – Why do I do this?
As I’m sure anyone can tell, I sort of fell off the bandwagon when it came to blogging through all of April – I bit off more than I could properly chew. It’s one thing to keep up with my writing assignments, work on my new novel and then of course blog A-Z on my [...]
History of the Modern Treasure Hunter {Infograph}
Did you know that there are nearly 100 shipwrecks in the Baltic Sea? And that some of them contain millions of dollars worth of treasure? I didn’t either but who wants to get all wet and spend boat loads of money getting there and paying for equipment to get you down to the bottom of [...]
I is for Inspiration – Writing Inspiration
If you know me at all, you had to know that my Letter I would be Inspiration. I spend too much time going on and on incessantly about it. In fact, I even listed it on my Letter C post – Top 5 Things I Crave. Inspiration can be found in so many ways. Here are [...]
H is for Helping – 5 Tips for Helping Other Writers
A few months back, I wrote a post titled 7 Simple Ways Writers Can Pay it Forward. I am still amazed that it happens to be my most visited post here on this blog. It makes me so happy. Why? It tells me that others are interested in paying it forward, whether it be a [...]
5 Quick Grammar Problems – Fixed
Hey, today is Saturday and it’s the Letter G in the A-Z Challenge and I could not come up with a better word than Grammar to apply to writing. Grammar mistakes are so common. You make them. I make them. We all make grammar mistakes from time to time. I know I do it, but [...]
Friendship and Amazing Writers
I don’t have a ton of time today to devote to a huge post, today is the Letter F in the A-Z Blogging Challenge and I chose Friendship. So I thought I would quickly do a post highlighting some of the people I consider awesome friends, who also have awesome blogs. Most are writers, some [...]
E is for Editing (and Energy)
Editing is an important process in writing. Of course it’s also a great E word. So is Energy, which I apparently have none of today and did not get to the editing I was supposed to work on today. At any rate, I am going to attempt to write a coherent post about editing, even [...]
D is for Description: Descriptive Words in Writing
I decided to flip back to my helpful posts for today, so no humor or regular get to know Nicole posts, only a helpful post that will hopefully get you thinking about description. I also toyed with the dialogue ‘D’ word, but decided I wanted to focus on description after my adverbs and adjectives lesson. [...]
C is for Crave: Top 5 Things I Crave
crave/kr?v/ Verb: Feel a powerful desire for (something): “give the infants the human touch they crave”. Okay so I am starting to think I should probably stick to a top 5 style of posts this month for multiple reasons. One, they are easier, two they are fun and three I guess doing it this way [...]
B is for Blogging: Top 5 Reasons I Blog
B is for blogging. I have no idea why I chose blogging for today, except that was the one B word that wouldn’t leave my head. Well, there was another one but I didn’t think it was appropriate. Since I am not really going with a ‘theme’ per say, I am just blogging the alphabet, [...]
Authors, Adjectives and Adverbs
At the very last minute, I decided to do the A-Z Challenge for April for my writing blog. The biggest reason I decided to, is because this poor blog has been neglected while I have put a primary focus over on my food blog. It was unintentional, I promise. I write everyday, and I even [...]
Community Center {Guest Post}
The article written by Alonso Kramer We have a community center in our area that serves a lot of older people. There are a lot of retired people who live around here that still live in their own homes and like to stay as active as they can. They like to come to the community [...]
Champagne Cupcakes and a Big #SundaySupper and #RomanceDinner
I am so blessed to belong to a group of fantastic foodies where our fearless and talented leader (my dear friend Isabel) hosts #SundaySupper each week, sometimes with a theme and we all jump in and participate. This week’s awesome dinner is #RomanceDinner and the recipes being shared are amazing. I’m not sure how it happened, but there [...]
Funny Friday: The Real Story of the 3 Bears
Now before any of you tell me that I’m so clever and an awesome storyteller (because I am, you know) – I did not write this. I wish I had, but I did not. Maybe I’m not that clever, afterall. I got this forwarded to me, and normally I delete everything but this was so [...]
Write Creatively:Think Positive, Look Past the Negative
Face it, negativity surrounds us whether we want it to or not. It’s part of life. Years ago, I took great measures to cut out as much negativity from my life as I could – which basically means I don’t do drama, I avoid it all costs and rather than seeing that proverbial glass [...]