by Vicki Hinze | Jun 17, 2008 | On Writing
©2008, Vicki Hinze WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME…? WARNING: This is a no-edit zone… Yesterday, a writer came to me deflated, disillusioned and all but devastated. Her work had been ripped to shreds by a group of fellow writers–one who had by their own...
by Vicki Hinze | May 21, 2008 | On Writing
(C) 2008, VICKI HINZE WARNING: This is a no-edit zone… It’s contest time. Writers from all over the world are entering contests and other writers (and editors and agents) from all over the world are judging and/or critiquing them. I’m critiquing and...
by Vicki Hinze | Apr 14, 2008 | On Writing
©2008, Vicki Hinze Once, I believed that Writer’s Block did not exist. Sincerely, truly, and—I thought—irrevocably. Then, I woke up. Actually, that wake-up call came in the form of it being pointed out to me that soldiers who go to war...
by Vicki Hinze | Apr 3, 2008 | On Writing
©2003-2008 BY VICKI HINZE There are times of uncertainty and doubt in every writer’s life. Times when all the hard work, the frustrations, the efforts, and the isolation inherent to executing the craft seem to narrow to one question in the writer’s mind:...
by Vicki Hinze | Apr 1, 2008 | On Writing
“Fearlessness may be a gift but perhaps more precious is the courage acquired through endeavour, courage that comes from cultivating the habit of refusing to let fear dictate one’s actions.” ...