Dreams can range from the surreal to the fantastic. Your nightly travels can be frightening, exciting, depressing, and engaging. Whatever theme your dreams have, the concept of dreams can be an excellent motivational tool for your fiction. Dreams work well as tools within your fiction for quite a few reasons. For example, well-described dream can […]
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Freelance Writing Tip #33: The Danger of Over-Inflating Ego
One of the things that is extremely challenging to do is to assess just “how good” your writing abilities are. It can be next to impossible, especially since gaging our efforts is a double-edged sword. On the one side, we want to feel good about what we do, because it helps keeps us motivated to […]
Essays: Writers and Depression Part One
According to the mental health statistics found through the National Institute of Mental Health, “Major Depressive Disorder is the leading cause of disability in the United States for ages 15-44.” The site points out that Depression is not something that is just in your head, it’s a “serious medical illness.” What does this have to […]
Announcement: Change to Blog Design
As you’ve probably already guessed, my primary goal for this blog is to bring content that is not only applicable to aspiring freelance writers, but relevant. There are some amazing freelance writing blogs out there (watch for a blog carnival to celebrate these other places), but what I don’t want is to have a blog […]
About Me: Fiction Writing Update
If you’re interested in reading more about my own work, you can get the latest news about my fiction work, and a flash fiction piece, through my livejournal post. Read Monica Valentinelli’s Fiction Update. Thanks for reading, and happy writing!