by B.L. Unkel | Jan 13, 2024 | Writing
Today, January 13, is National Make Your Dream Come True Day. Your Dream Everyone has a dream. However, not everyone pursues their dream. Some people just like to imagine one day doing it. And that’s okay if that’s all they want. Other people keep their dream...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 18, 2023 | Writing
Write Day? Did you know writing has a national day? Just recently I learned that November 15 was National I Love To Write Day. (How did I not know this?) It started 21 years ago, created by non-fiction and self-help Delaware-based author John Riddle. His goal was to...
by B.L. Unkel | Nov 4, 2023 | Writing
November is a special month for authors, both because of NaNoWriMo and because of National Author’s Day. NaNoWriMo NaNoWriMo stands for National Novel Writing Month. It started in 1999 as a challenge: Write 50,000 words of a novel in thirty days—writing only,...
by B.L. Unkel | Sep 23, 2023 | Writing
It’s time for another foray into the past to answer the question: Why do we say the things we say? Phrases When you use certain phrases, you know what they mean, but if you stop and consider the actual words, they often don’t make sense . . . not unless you...
by B.L. Unkel | Sep 9, 2023 | Writing
Recently, several people have asked where I get my ideas. As any author will tell you, ideas come from anywhere and everywhere. My fiction stories begin with the writer’s standard question “What if…” when I see or hear something that catches my attention. For my DYKs,...
by B.L. Unkel | Jul 29, 2023 | Writing
Today we take books for granted, regardless in what form or genre they come. But that wasn’t always the case. The Book Industry China printed the first book on paper in 868 AD. Several hundred years later, Joahannes Gutenberg, a German goldsmith, developed the...
