Milk Your Potential

May 12, 2015June 21, 2015 / Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / Leave a comment

What a pleasure it is to share a friend and fellow writer’s success. As a member of the South Carolina Writer’s Workshop (SCWW) Spartanburg’s Chapter, I have known Nan Lundeen for years. I am proud to say I witnessed, through the group, the inception and development of her new book, Moo of Writing.

Nan Lundeen’s new release book, Moo of Writing, is something you will want in your library. It’s full of helpful advice for writer’s at all levels. The book focuses on the writer as a whole person through writing, relaxation, and meditation exercises.I like to call it mindful writing and I encourage you to pick up a copy on Amazon, iBooks, or Nook.

So proud of my friend. I’m happy to say, “I knew her when.”

Dirty Martini Memories

February 25, 2015October 21, 2016 / Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 1 Comment

photo courtesy of marialoveswords.com

Written for Lillie Mcferrin’s Five Sentence Fiction: Prompt – Forgotten

She sat on the blanket, opened the flask, and poured the chilled liquid into the glasses tittering on the grass between them. “Made them just the way you like them, up dirty, bruised with blue cheese olives.”

The breeze stirred and she could have sworn it brought the scent of Chanel.

She smiled as memories flooded her mind and lifted the glass high. “To my dearest friend, you have not been forgotten.”

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Praying for Rain

February 12, 2015October 21, 2016 / Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 7 Comments

Samantha woke to the rustle of dry leaves and gusts of wind. The springs creaked as she pulled herself from the old, worn bed. Her damp, silk slip clung to her as she moved toward the window. She leaned against the sill and felt the stroke of the cool breeze. She tilted her head back ran the wet cloth down the length of her neck and prayed for rain.

Lillie Mcferrin Writes – Five Sentence Fiction- Open

Revision Exercise

February 10, 2015October 21, 2016 / Sheila McIntrye Good, Author / 2 Comments

Photo courtesy of: blog.patrickrothfuss.com

I borrowed the following exercise from Darcy Pattison’s Fiction Notes and her recent article, Pacing: Space out the Tense Moments.

As Ms. Pattison found when having her students perform this exercise, openings of their WIP, often had little to do with the rest of the story. However, somewhere between the third and eighth revision, they nailed it.

If you’re struggling with the opening and pacing of your current WIP, try this exercise.

Revision exercise… write eight different openings for your essay/story. Then, start writing the essay/story again from that starting point.

Happy revising and let me hear from you.