by Cindy Ervin Huff | May 4, 2014 | attending conferences
I received a weird phone call at my day job this week. The caller wanted to set up a blood drive. As the receptionist for a blood collection facility in the Chicagoland area I can easily direct calls like this to a marketing person in their area. However, as I...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Feb 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
Today I am posting a blog I wrote as a guest blogger a few years ago over at Write It Sideways. Recent events in my writing life caused me to revisit the sentiment in the post. I know I am not alone and thought I’d share it here. Have you ever heard a writer say “I...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jan 6, 2014 | Uncategorized
It’s 2014 and you’ve decided this is the year you will pursue your dream of being a writer. But how do you know if you are cut out to be one. Here is my take on it. You might be a writer if you have to turn everyday experiences into a story. You might be writer if you...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Nov 6, 2013 | Book review from writer's perspective
I have found a wonderful resource book that I want to recommend to all my fiction writing friends.The Emotional Thesaurus, A Writer’s Guide To Character Expression by Angela Ackerman and Becca Puglisi is a great tool to help writers find the right gesture, description...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Oct 21, 2013 | Uncategorized, writing tips
Halloween puts me in mind of an interesting architectural structure. Its very name paints a scene without further description. One that authors and movie makers have used to represent the darker side of life and promote fear. When describing a large old mansion or a...
