by Ann Edall-Robson | Dec 12, 2020 | #roughwriters, A Writer's Platform, Columns
My mind became a state of turmoil when I heard the term writer’s brand. When you are raised in ranch country, the word ‘brand’ is common. It’s the mark put on livestock to identify who they belong to, and now I was being asked to come up with a ‘mark’ to put on...
by explorereikiworld | Sep 8, 2020 | #FFRODEO, #roughwriters, A Writer's Platform, Columns, Raw Literature, Tips for Writers
Creative writing is defined as writing fiction or poetry with imagination and contrasts academic writing. As a creative writer, we imagine our character to gallop over the green pastures or drag his feet in the dry brown desert. To be able to take long firm strides...
by explorereikiworld | Jul 14, 2020 | #roughwriters, A Writer's Platform, Columns, Tips for Writers
Man is a social animal, and we need each other for emotional support. The pandemic is the classic example when the world is in lockdown. Many are feeling the brunt of not being able to communicate, hug, and interact with their extended families. Now, although the...
by Charli Mills | Oct 28, 2019 | #roughwriters, Raw Literature
It’s amazing to consider how prolific Geoff Le Pard is as an author. He turned on the fiction faucet in 2006, and it’s been blasting ever since as fast as icebergs melt. I read his first novel, Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle, several years ago,...
by Charli Mills | May 8, 2018 | #roughwriters
Trails don’t ever end, even those headed into the setting sun of the iconic west. Our Rough Writer Tour has trailed around the world, and this is our last stop, but not the final destination. When I was younger, I feared I’d run out of ideas to write. Now...
by Charli Mills | Apr 30, 2018 | #roughwriters
One of the benefits of writing flash fiction with a community of writers comes from getting to know each writer and watching his or her literary art flourish. Ruchira Khanna’s writing bridges two worlds (India and America) just as her latest book tackles what...
