Joanna G. HoldenNov 22, 20192 minAfter six years of defeat... I WON NANOWRIMO!I'm writing this post at 1:26am because I stayed up till 12:20am writing and I have spent the last hour loading vlog footage, screaming v...
Joanna G. HoldenNov 21, 20182 minThe Final Battle has begun...It has finally come to this...the last battle...the final, desperate moment before the sun rises and shatters the darkness... I figured o...
Joanna G. HoldenOct 10, 20185 minWeek 2: Writing Prompt #2 - write a short story revolving around one fall family tradition. Mari slammed the door and starting tearing at her thi...
Joanna G. HoldenOct 2, 20183 minWeek 1: Forget Me NotWriting Prompt for Week 1: You come home from school to find a box on your porch. What’s inside? Her hands were shaking as she walked alo...
Joanna G. HoldenOct 2, 20182 minTis the Season for WRITING CHALLENGES!Goodbye, Summer...Hello, Fall! Okay, I'll give Summer this - 2018 is the first year in forever that I've actually been hesitant to see Su...
Joanna G. HoldenJul 23, 20186 minQ&A with Author Natalia LeighAuthorTube fans - here is a chance to get an insider look at the writer journey of self-published author Natalia Leigh! At some point, ev...
Joanna G. HoldenJul 11, 20183 minThe Rewrite vs. The Edit...So which is it? Do you rewrite or do you edit? Or do you revise? Does it matter? Oh, it does matter? Okay. Are they interchangeable? Are ...
Joanna G. HoldenJul 4, 20181 minCELEBRATION GIVEAWAY!You asked. I answered. At long last (and after a LOT of technical difficulties), I am FINALLY adding the option to purchase SIGNED COPIES...
Joanna G. HoldenJun 26, 20182 minSurprise! Novel Excerpt...For those of you that have been asking about my novel...I still can't say much. It's too far from the publication date. However... Since ...
Joanna G. HoldenJun 26, 20185 min5 Things You Never Knew About Being a Writer...I've seen people do these posts before - and yet I am still finding out things as I progress in my writer journey that I somehow missed b...
Joanna G. HoldenJun 20, 20181 minWIP Update #1Want to know where I've been for four weeks? I'VE BEEN WRITING! And as much as I've missed posting weekly, it was oh so worth it. In this...
Joanna G. HoldenMay 22, 20188 minSmall Space Writing...Your dream is to have a home office just for writing. After all, you want to make a living off of it. And what could make it feel more pr...
Joanna G. HoldenMay 15, 20181 minThis Week's Writing Playlist...Looking for some good music to go with that epic scene you're writing? Look no farther! Here is this week's playlist for five favorite sc...
Joanna G. HoldenMay 1, 20182 minA Netflix Villain to Remember...I tend to hesitate before clicking "play" on any Netflix originals. In my experience, they tend to be a slush pile of "meh"s and "heck no...
Joanna G. HoldenApr 24, 20181 minWhat's Wrong with Your MC...You've got a hero. And she's REALLY a hero! But something's wrong and you're not sure what. A lot of new writers struggle with one simple...
Joanna G. HoldenApr 17, 20180 minThe Book That Changed My Life...I've been writing stories since I was six years old. (Seriously. I have the very first book I ever wrote - AND illustrated - sitting on m...
Joanna G. HoldenApr 11, 20181 minOne Paragraph at a Time..Last week I FINALLY sat down with my laptop. My three-year-old was in her quiet time with her favorite kid's show on the tablet. My three...
Joanna G. HoldenApr 4, 20182 minWhy Pacific Rim: Uprising is a Fantastic SequelWhen I first heard Pacific Rim: Uprising was coming out, I hemmed and hawed over getting excited. Let's face it. Hollywood is NOT well kn...
Joanna G. HoldenMar 27, 20181 minI Thought I Knew My Protagonist......Then I started doing the exercises in Donald Maass's amazing book Writing the Breakout Novel Workbook (a book YOU MUST get if you are w...
Joanna G. HoldenMar 23, 20182 min Where All Writers Begin...Today, I pulled out my writing journal and began listing all the books I wanted to write someday. Let me tell you - it was a LONG list! T...