by Mint Miller | Apr 10, 2020 | Writing
Writing when you don’t feel like it can be a thankless struggle some days. You’re rolling in the glowing praise of readers one day and wrestling with self-doubt and writer’s block the next. I’ve found myself in the creative doldrums often enough and fought to... 
by Mint Miller | Apr 1, 2020 | Writing
Mastering the right social media strategies for writers goes a long way in helping your creative career. Nowadays, your author platform can be make or break when it comes to getting published. The biggest part of your author platform? It’s your social media following.... 
by Mint Miller | Mar 10, 2020 | Blogging
WordPress’s Jetpack plugin has a lot of nifty features for bloggers. If you have a WordPress.com blog, you already have Jetpack and access to all its handy functions. If you blog with WordPress, you’ve probably seen some of the ads for it and wondered if the hype has... 
by Mint Miller | Mar 6, 2020 | Writing
If you’re wondering how to write an epistolary story—or maybe wondering what the heck one is—I’ve got you covered. Epistolaries are stories told in the form of many smaller texts or documents. What I mean is, they’re stories told through fictional letters, diary... 
by Mint Miller | Feb 25, 2020 | Blogging, Writing
If you’re looking for how to reduce word count in your writing, I’ve got some help for you. Often, writers (including me) are left struggling to meet their minimum word count. But, I also know well the struggle of writing too dang much. Maybe your latest blog post is... 
by Mint Miller | Feb 12, 2020 | Writing
How can you use a three-act structure to write a short story? I often lose my brain during the plotting stage of my short stories. I’m left stuck, scratching my head and wondering where my characters go next. But I have one technique that helps me bust out of that... 
by Mint Miller | Feb 3, 2020 | Blogging
Blogging on Medium vs. WordPress: What platform should a blogger use? Well, I’ve used both for a little while. I’ve found great things and not-so-great things about both platforms. I’m gonna compare the two, so you can have an idea which blogging platform is... 
by Mint Miller | Jan 22, 2020 | Writing
If you’re a writer, you’ve probably heard a little bit about the great debate about fiction writing techniques: plotting vs. pantsing. What are plotting and pantsing? Which writing technique is better? Are books by plotters better? Do pantsers really write faster?... 
by Mint Miller | Jan 14, 2020 | Blogging
Before I started blogging with WordPress, I knew nothing about plug-ins, themes, HTML, etc. Now, I know everything a little about blogging on WordPress. Some of the things I learned really threw me for a loop, because I had no idea what to expect. If you’re thinking... 
by Mint Miller | Jan 5, 2020 | Blogging, Writing
As we enter the new year, many writers, myself included, have one topic buzzing in our winds: setting writing goals. If you want to achieve anything, you need a plan. And if you want to make a plan, you need to set a goal your plan is reaching. That means to achieve...