One year ago, my best friend and I sat down and set goals for the year. She and I have spent the last three years or so encouraging and supporting each other toward our goals. I remember right around the time that she and I got serious about our work, a friend in our communityContinue reading “Why You Should Trade in New Year’s Resolutions and Set Goals Instead”
Author Archives: Aubrey Lyn Jeppson
Don’t Go Chasing Synonyms, Please Stick to the Words and Phrases You’re used to.
Lately, I’ve been doing a lot of article writing and editing for clients. I have been pulling out my thesaurus a lot, which always makes me think about times I’ve seen words in sentences where they don’t belong. I have spent a fair amount of time in online writing communities and writing-based roleplay communities. ForContinue reading “Don’t Go Chasing Synonyms, Please Stick to the Words and Phrases You’re used to.”
Who Tells Your Story? Women in Media
As a writer, I spend a lot of time studying storytelling. One of the main takeaways I’ve always gotten from many things I’ve read on storytelling, is that stories have to tell the truth in some way. Usually, these truths feel very personal to the author, which means they also have the chance of feelingContinue reading “Who Tells Your Story? Women in Media”
Know Your Value
Peggy Carter is kind of who I want to be when I grow up. I have a bookmark of her tacked to my wall, with the quote “I know my value” across the bottom. Even when nearly everyone around her professionally treated her like a less person, she did not give up on herself. IContinue reading “Know Your Value”
Ways to Quiet Your Inner Editor
It generally takes me about a week to quiet my inner editor during NaNoWriMo. For the first week, I fight with her a lot. She tends to want me to go back and fix plot ideas, weird sentences and anything else she can think of. I have learned one thing from her, listening to herContinue reading “Ways to Quiet Your Inner Editor”
Story Brainstorming Worksheet
Today is the first day of NaNoWriMo and I’ve already managed to get my 1,667 words in for the day. I hope that all of you are making great progress as well. I wanted to share with you all a great way to get a story started, if you are stuck and lacking ideas. AContinue reading “Story Brainstorming Worksheet”
Write-Ins – Countdown to National Novel Writing Month
Writing can be more fun when other people are there to share the experience with you. Like writing sprints, write-ins can be a great way to keep yourself moving forward toward that awesome goal of 50k words. If you’ve started an account at nanowrimo.org, you’ll find a tab toward the top of the page thatContinue reading “Write-Ins – Countdown to National Novel Writing Month”
Review: I Am A Writer
This month has been filled with a lot of books about craft. I’ve been reading up on self-publishing, blog writing and increasing my word count. I stumbled across the book “I Am A Writer: A Story About Finding Your Inner Author” by C. G. Cooper and I want to recommend it, especially if you areContinue reading “Review: I Am A Writer”
Writing Sprints – Countdown to National Novel Writing Month
I actually did a lot of writing sprints before I knew what they were. A friend and I would find a writing prompt, usually a word or a song lyric we liked, and then we would write for a set amount of time and swap what stories came out of those sprints. Writing sprints areContinue reading “Writing Sprints – Countdown to National Novel Writing Month”
Flash Fiction Friday: Ghosts
Prompt: Ghosts Word Count: 286 Kara wasn’t sure she believed in ghosts, until her favorite uncle, Robert, died. He had been the person in her life to encourage her love of reading and the first person to tell her she should try to be a writer. He gave her a copy of Frank Herbert’s Dune, JaneContinue reading “Flash Fiction Friday: Ghosts”
The Taming of the Muse 