On Writing | Vicki Hinze

The Difference Between Writers and Authors

by Vicki Hinze | Feb 6, 2015 | On Writing

The Difference Between a Writer and an Author by Vicki Hinze © 2015 When I was a new writer, I went to a conference and attended a workshop. In it, the presenter said a writer was an unpublished novelist and, once that writer became published, s/he was no...

Tuesday Morning Mashup in a Writer’s Life

by Vicki Hinze | Feb 3, 2015 | On Writing

Warning: This is a chat session, unedited. It’s Tuesday. It still feels like Monday. Yesterday, I got up at 4:00 AM. I walked 2.5 miles–first time I’ve gone that far since the fall on Christmas Eve. I felt I could conquer the world. it was...

Decisions We Make

by Vicki Hinze | Jan 28, 2015 | On Writing

Library Edition from Social In Network… Decisions We Make and Why We Make Them By Vicki Hinze Life requires choices, and choices require decisions. The decisions we make reflect our character. Who we are inside, and what we deem important. Making decisions...

Why Writers Write the Books They Write

by Vicki Hinze | Jan 20, 2015 | On Writing

WHY WE WRITE THE BOOKS WE WRITE By Vicki Hinze Writers are often asked why we write the books we write. I can’t speak for all writers, but I can speak for this writer, and the answer to this question, is both simple and complex. I have one writing rule: I...

Dare to Write

by Vicki Hinze | Jan 13, 2015 | On Writing

DARE TO WRITE By Vicki Hinze Writers are like sponges. They soak up everything around them. What’s said, what’s left unsaid. What’s done, how it’s done, when it’s done, and they attribute motives to why it’s done. On those motives, sometimes they...

National Novel Writing Month

by Vicki Hinze | Nov 14, 2014 | On Writing

It’s that time of year again when writers all over the globe are participating in National Novel Writing Month and posting tweets on Twitter using the hashtag #NaNoWriMo. This is a fantastic program for authors. Why? For those who haven’t been writing...