I don’t know about you but I’m kind of picky when it comes to a keyboard. I’m a writer and need a something that is comfortable, ergonomic and fast. Unlike many kids my daughter’s age, my school offered a typing class and I’m so glad that I took it. My thoughts still race faster than…
Category: Writing Tools
These are tools that I used to help with writing and also to give me inspiration
The Negative Traits Thesaurus
Happy Friday Everyone! I hope your week went well and you have some fun things planned for this weekend. Christmas is creeping up on us. It’s funny that this happens when we it’s the same date every year, but it does somehow. For Friday Tools I want to share with you a new book that…
Battle References
Happy Black Friday everyone! I don’t know about you, but this year I’m staying inside and shopping online. Today I want to share with you some visual references, in the form of movies and shows that inspire me when it comes to writing battle scenes. In the past I shared with you a link to…
The Power of Music
Happy Friday Everyone! Can you believe it? Thanksgiving is next week. Where has the time gone this year? Today I’m going to share with you another tool that I use to help me write, music. I’ve always loved to listen to music. If you allow yourself to be immersed in it, you can go to…
The Power of Imagery
Happy Friday Everyone! I’m really glad to be back. I missed my last Friday Tool Post due to a really painful, weird issue with my jaw bone. We all get older but we have a general idea of what to expect such as arthritis and our hair going gray, but nowhere in the aging manual…
Swords of Northshire
Yes, I know, the first step of recovery is admitting you have a problem. So here it goes. I, Dodie Huber, have a problem with swords, and if I’m honest, other items that slice and dice. There, I did it, however at the current time I have no plans to correct the issue. If you…
The Daunting Outline
To outline or not to outline. That is one of the biggest questions a writer has to answer. After watching videos, discussing this technique in writing groups, and reading countless blogs, I’ve realized that question has no correct answer. Whether you create one, or you prefer to free write, doesn’t determine if your book will…
Pinterest and Me
Greetings and Happy Saturday! I hope everyone is ready for the weekend. My sister and fellow author, Devrie Spaulding, is coming to visit this weekend which I’m super excited about. We plan to get some writing done, including me getting started on the sequel to Rise of the Winged Assassin. I’ve added a new category…
Wakizashi Arrival
Happy Saturday everyone. If you don’t know this already, I love love love swords, but my true love are Japanese blades like the katana. I love them so much that they find their way into my books on a regular basis. I recently purchased a wakizashi and have been awaiting it’s arrival. This post will…
Emotion Thesaurus
Hello Everyone! It’s Friday tool time again and this week I’m going to share with you the tool that I use to show my characters emotions. I discovered this book in a Barns & Noble store, back when you could go into the store, pick up the book, and take it to your table and…