Alice Blanchard

"The wheels of publishing turn slowly." — Erin Clyburn #5amwritersclub #amwriting #thrillers #mystery #writingcommunity #ReadingCommunity #amquerying #poetry #crimefiction #WIP #amediting

I have 38 pages in my new WIP. I'm about to plunge into the abyss known as "the middle." #5amwritersclub #writerslife #WritingCommunity

@MWwriter true

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” ~Thomas Mann #5amwritersclub #BooksWorthReading #novels #shortstories #reading #writing

Just remember, the more you write the better you get. ⛅️🌤️☀️ #5amwritersclub #amwriting #thrillers #mystery #writingcommunity #ReadingCommunity #amquerying #poetry #crimefiction #WIP #amediting

"Taking a breather from your writing can work wonders." —Sifton Tracey Anipare #5amwritersclub #amwriting #thrillers #mystery #writingcommunity #amquerying #poetry #crimefiction #WIP #amediting #ReadingCommunity

“All of my writer friends and I have one thing in common: We didn't listen to the naysayers. We kept writing.” — Devi S. Laskar, award-winning author #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writerslife #poetry #wattpad #mustread #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #WIP #amquerying

When you try to make the writing go faster... #5amwritersclub #amwriting #thrillers #mystery #writingcommunity #amquerying #poetry #crimefiction #WIP #amediting #ReadingCommunity

Become so good they can't ignore you anymore. #5amwritersclub #amwriting #thrillers #mystery #writingcommunity #amquerying #poetry #crimefiction #WIP #amediting #ReadingCommunity

@robert91165 😅

@AliceBooks333 It’s when they say…’you should write a book about…’

Them: Oh! You're a writer? What's your book about? Me: #5amwritersclub #amwriting #thrillers #mystery #writingcommunity #amquerying #poetry #crimefiction #WIP #amediting #ReadingCommunity

@KIbentlee yeah, done that... no, very bad... 😭

Discovered a serious flaw in saving all your drafts…turns out when you’re half asleep you might start working on the wrong one and you might not notice for several days possibly a week 🥲

@MWwriter i just got this 😅

@AliceBooks333 GM, AB: Me: "It's about, uh...see this *guy*--no, this *woman*, she..."

@MWwriter "Well, we start with... but there's a back story... wait, let me start over..." 😂

@MKenneyPR 😅

behind every successful author is a typo that survived 97869 rounds of edits

@carareinard 🎉🎉🎉

NEW BOOK DEAL! 🥳 JUST ADD FLAMES is my 7th novel. 🎉 Thank you @utapublishing and @blackstonepublishing More to come!

@KhristinaChess so true 🌻

These little discoveries about characters and plot points that are outside my outline--these are the things that make writing so wondrous. #5amwritersclub #writerslife #WritingCommunity

@ggfromorange you have to just stop at some point 😂

@AliceBooks333 I hope it doesn’t come to this 🤞🏼 (although, I must admit; if I dissect my so-far edited WIP word by word, there’s not a sentence that cannot benefit from an improved variation)🙅🏼‍♀️

First draft. A mess. Second draft. Sucks. Third draft. Big improvement. Fourth draft. Still sucks in places. Fifth draft. Almost done. Sixth draft. Finished! Yay! Seventh draft. Nope. Not done yet. Eighth draft... #5amwritersclub #amwriting #thrillers #mystery #writingcommunity #amquerying #poetry #crimefiction #WIP #ReadingCommunity

@SusanGreyWrites love this

There is nothing in the world that feeds my soul more than writing does. The trick is to write enough so that my soul is fed more than the things that feed on my soul can eat. #5amwritersclub

"Be nice to yourself. If you're stuck or can't write, who cares? Take breaks to pay attention to the things around you—that's part of the work. You'll write when it's time. You're still a writer, even if you're not writing." —Lisa Summe #5amwritersclub #amwriting #thrillers #mystery #writingcommunity #amquerying #poetry #crimefiction #WIP #amediting #ReadingCommunity

Writer - be sloppy, impulsive, imaginative, silly, reckless Editor - be concise, clear, lean, precise, picky #5amwritersclub #amwriting #writerslife #writing #wattpad #mustread #writingcommunity #writerscommunity #WIP #poetry