February 2026 - Writers Ink Nonfiction

February 25, 2026January 5, 2026

Enter the Writing Business by Edie Roones

This link takes you to Edie Roones’ blogger site. A copy of the e-book is available at this link, from Amazon.

Also Available, the paperback and e-book bundle of INSPIRATION 4 WRITERS, containing all three books: Just Start Writing, Write a Book in a Month, and Enter the Writing Business.

February 15, 2026January 5, 2026

Inspiration 4 Writers

What do you need to Just Start Writing? Do you need to Write a Book in a Month? Are you ready to Enter the Writing Business?

The box set Inspiration 4 Writers contains these guides for writers. Available now.

Online Distributors Everywhere, in ebook form. https://books2read.com/u/bOJKL9

Paperback and Ebook from Amazon:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0848JR7ZS

Writer's Block ~ Defeat It / Intro & Quiz / 7:37 August 26, 2026
Can you name a phrase that every writer fears? Try “Writer’s Block”. We writers all have a deep-seated fear when we hear those two words side by side. Writer’s Block—those should be forbidden to speak together. We have quite a number of pro writers who claim there’s no such things as Writer’s Block, and I’m […]
M.A. Lee
Writing is a Biz / Quick Tips for Writers 19 / 7:34 August 19, 2026
Writing is a Business. Yes, it is a creative endeavor … with a business result. I do not like to call my writing a Product. I think in projects, not products. Yet each blog post, short story, flash fiction, novel, guidebook, they are products that I am selling in my business. When you put your […]
M.A. Lee
Plan your Work & Work your Plan / Quick Tips for Writers 18 / 7:33 August 12, 2026
Plan your Work, & Work your Plan. Back at Quick Tip 14 we talked about overcoming difficulties by setting work deadlines, using math skills to determine the number of writing days and how that time will fit into the calendar. Knowing that time frame helps us to avoid that dark fear of back-pedaling instead of […]
M.A. Lee
7 Stages of Writing / Quick Tips for Writers 17 / 7:32 August 5, 2026
Tackling the next book requires three sets of seven. The Plot 7 determines the conflict that will drive the story. 7 Character Sets will develop the story’s heart and mind. Our focus in this segment will be the 7 Writing Stages. I did not say seven drafts of the novel—These are the seven work stages, […]
M.A. Lee
7 Character Sets / Quick Tips for Writers / 7:31 July 29, 2026
As with the seven scenes that build the story, introduced in the last segment, seven character sets develop the story, increasing the conflict, intensifying suspense or adding complications. The four main characters who drive the conflict of the story are protagonist, antagonist, an important friend or ally, and the seeming ally. Our purpose in this […]
M.A. Lee
Tackle the Next Book / Quick Tips for Writers 15 / 7:30 July 22, 2026
In considering your next writing, what is your first approach? Many start with a situation: a thriller in the backwoods. Others start with character: a free-willing type faced with his two orphaned nieces. Or you wake up with a title, and the story springs out when you sketch a few ideas. We are never truly […]
M.A. Lee
Overcoming Difficulties / Quick Tips for Writers 14 / 7:29 July 15, 2026
Overcoming difficulties is a constant process, no matter which profession you enter. All my guidebooks on writing contain insights that I wish I had understood then. Instead, I nodded along, thinking I understood, but I didn’t turn those insights into practical application. Many writers talked about difficulties and consistency, but they usually added the dreaded […]
M.A. Lee
Writing Is a Wonderland / Quick Tips for Writers 13 / 7:28 July 8, 2026
Alice followed the White Rabbit into a hole that dropped her into a strange world. Writing is like that, a hole into a strange wonderland. A project is an intriguing white rabbit luring us to follow even as it reminds us that the project has to meet a deadline or be “late for that important […]
M.A. Lee
Cover Considerations / Quick Tips for Writers 12 / 7:27 July 1, 2026
Consider your Cover is Quick Tip #12. One of the greatest expenses that an indie writer will have is the cost of a professional cover. Yes, yes, people say that the editorial cost is the highest one. Development editors and content editors and line editors are expensive. Let me argue with that. The first attractor […]
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Juggle Projects / Quick Tips for Writers / 7:26 June 24, 2026
Writing constantly, writing fast ~ these can outpace our creativity, leaving us drained. The answer is to Juggle Projects. I cannot simultaneously write two fiction projects; the projects we juggle have to be different. This episode talks about that HOW. TIMINGS 00:41 Introduction 01:15 Juggle Projects 04:50 Closing Total Run Time = 5:49 LINK […]
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