Writing Unleashed with Laura M. Harkins

Sunset sets sky on fire in Tullytown, PA Tonight I plan to enjoy the after-rain fall sunset, laugh at myself, float in my Placebo kind of mood and write. I found a few writing-specific posts I wanted to share with you. 1. Improving Craft : Check out Jeff Gerke’s article on taking your DIALOGUE to the next level: publishable: Stilted Dialogue   2.  Writing Reboot : Rachelle Gardner offers advice to writers looking to make writing goals: Your Writer Goals 3. Blogging: Michael Hyatt helps you cut down blog-writing time with an easy-to-follow list.  How to Write a Blog Post in 70 Minutes or Less 4.  Deciphering Rejection Letters : Nancy Martin guest post at The Blood-Red Pencil unravels the subtext in rejection letters from agents to help you improve your writing: Not Right For Us At This Time 5.  Dear Series Writers : Would you tackle a spin-off? Elizabeth Lynn Casey discusses the pros and cons of writing a spin-off. ...

It’s New Year’s Day.  I am pleasantly stuffed with pork loin and sauerkraut in hopes of bringing myself wealth and prosperity in the New Year.  As the cliché goes, we say goodbye to our past and set down goals we hope to accomplish with our clean slate.   Although, I feel my past is important in making future choices, I welcome the opportunity to revise the past year and start fresh.  Last January, when I started this blog, I was very unhappy in my teaching career.  I’ve longed to write for as long as I can remember, so I resolved to take the year to write more; I hoped it would move me in a new direction, perhaps, a writing career. Well, I am no longer teaching.  I joined a writer’s group in Philadelphia, and I'm creating one with a fellow writer for the Buck’s County area.  I started a novel.  I interned with a college professor and a parenting magazine.  I wrote an article to be published in the Feb. issue of the magazine pending approv...