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 | Sep 1, 2013 | Uncategorized
What does this picture say to you? Does a story begin to form in your mind? The teens in my writing workshop this past summer were given a selection of pictures of random things. After looking through the pile of pics each choose the one that spoke to them. I was...
by Cindy Ervin Huff | Jul 24, 2013 | Uncategorized
“There are always repercussions,” as the old saying goes. Couple it with another saying “no good deed goes unpunished,” and they capture exactly what always happens to me. Whenever I write a blog or article that’s instructional, I find myself stumbling over my own...