Everyday Woman Radio Show with Vicki Hinze

What Do You Want to Be? Who Do You Want to Be?

Read Article

Spiritual Post: Prayers for America/Americans

Read Article

Thinking Aloud: Courage

The Power of Craft

READ ARTICLE writing craft, writing business, writers' zone, writer's zone, writers library, vickihinze

TA: Definining Principles

Thinking Aloud Blog: Vision

The Random Thought for Today...

Believe and Receive

DOING THE RIGHT THING

HOPE: Thinking Aloud

SIGNIFICANT? REALISTIC?

READ ARTICLE significance, realism, author, writer, novelist, career strategy, vickihinze, vicki hinze, writers library, writers zone, creative writing

Blame

Opportunities: Thinking Aloud

Opportunities, when opportunity knocks, vicki hinze, vickihinze, thinking aloud

Object--Accept--Normal

Objectionable, Acceptable, Normal, Vicki Hinze, Thinking Aloud

What I Learned From...

I'm guest-blogging at In My Humble Opinion today and will be responding to comments off and on all day today.

You're welcome to join me. I look forward to a lively discussion!

There is also a "Commenter's Contest." More on that at the site.

Blessings,

Vicki

Celebrating the release of Kill Zone with a $25 gift card and an autographed copy. Enter the drawing HERE

Vicki Hinze, Kill Zone, what I learned from, guest blogger, comment contest, TJ Bennett

Thinking Aloud: Little Things

Thinking Aloud: Rushing You

Work Ethic

READ ARTICLE work ethic, contentment, success, fulfillment, vicki hinze, writers library, work, when I grow up, career, strategy

Knowing and Doing it All

CONTEST: COMMENT FOR CHANCE TO WIN A COPY OF KILL ZONE

Interested in winning a copy of Kill Zone? Visit TJ Bennett’s In My Humble Opinion Blog today and leave a comment. Couldn’t be easier! Blessings, Vicki

Is Your House in Order? Priorities

READ ARTICLE Priorities, creative writing, writers, authors, novelists, conflict,characters, writing life, writers library, library, vicki hinze, career strategy

Thinking Aloud: Circumstance

Spiritual Post: Morals and Ethics Trickle Down--and Up!

READ ARTICLE corruption, greed, morals, ethics, values, social behavior, conduct, Commandments, Constitution, beliefs, parenting, faith, spirituality, moral compass, Vicki Hinze, My Faith Zone

LIBRARY Needs Books--Can You Help?

Please do what you can and help pass the word:

We have a library in Mary Esther, FL which is in the panhandle near Hurlburt Field (hone of Special Operations) and not far from Eglin Air Force Base, that is doing its best to service all the people in the area who rely on it.  This library has a book buying budget this year that is beyond low.  They need books.  Desperately.
   
We’ve all worked so hard to promote literacy, to get people to read.  But to do that, they need books.

So today I’m asking for your help.  Will you send a book to this library?  If it’s one you’ve written, fine.  If it’s one you’ve bought and read, fine.  Just please send books.

Here’s the mailing information:

Sheila Ortyl
Mary Esther Public Library
100 W. Hollywood Blvd
Mary Esther, FL   32569

Thank you!

Blessings,

Vicki
VICKI HINZE
www.vickihinze.com

FOLLOW YOUR BLISS?

READ ARTICLE bliss, direction, guidance, self-help, self-improvement, career strategy, vicki hinze, Vicki Hinze, Writers Zone, career

Limitations

What to Write? What You Know? Knowing More?

READ ARTICLE

Life is Like a Closet!

There's an article accompanying today's random thought in Thinking Aloud posted at:
www.cleverdivas.com

Mind or Body?

NEW FEATURE ARTICLE: SUCCESS, BEN FRANKLIN STYLE

I've just uploaded a new feature article on SUCCESS: BEN FRANKLIN STYLE!

If you'd like to read it, click HERE.

Blessings,

Vicki

VICKI HINZE
www.vickihinze.com
Kill Zone, 7/09
FORGET ME NOT, 3/10

success, Benjamin Franklin, virtues, keys to success, vicki hinze, vickihinze, writers zone, writers library, self-help, self-improvement, writers, authors, novelists, creative writing, characterization, character, personal growth

Narrative--When It's Effective and When It's Not

READ ARTICLE

narrative, author, writer, novelist, creative writing, novel writing, vicki hinze, vickihinze, effective narrative, writers library

Thinking Aloud: Work

work, vicki hinze, thinking aloud

SPIRITUAL POST: A Deeper Rest

READ ARTICLE

deeper rest, peace, contentment, vicki hinze, vickihinze, my faith zone, spirituality, affirmation, inspiration, confirmation

What is a Plot Board?

What is a Plot Board? And why do I need one?

READ ARTICLE

plot board, plotting, characterization, creative writing, author, novelist, writer, writing tools, vicki hinze, writers library

Thinking Aloud: Order or Disorder

Multiple Points of View

Can you mix first-and-third-person points of view in a novel?

READ ARTICLE

Remember to enter Vicki's monthly contest:

ENTER HERE

Our libraries are struggling to operate under extreme budget cuts. Show your support by adding the following icon to your site, social network pages, and be a friend to your local library.

I created this graphic, and permission is granted to copy and display on any family-friendly site/page.

mixing point of view, point of view, author, writer, creative writing, vicki hinze, novelist, libraries, library, support your local library, contest, writers contest, author contest, books, novels, writers

Show Your Support for Your Local Library

Libraries are suffering extreme budget cuts. Show your support.
I created the graphic above and give permission for you to use it on your family-friendly website and social-networking pages.

If you want a different size, snag it off my website at: www.vickihinze.com

Blessings,

Vicki

www.vickihinze.com

libraries, library, support your local library, Vicki Hinze, budget cuts

Life IS Messy, But We Can Clean It Up!

NOTE: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS HEAVY SPIRITUAL CONNOTATIONS, OBSERVATIONS ON CIVICS AND CURRENT EVENTS that impact daily life.

I've posted a new feature article, LIFE'S MESSY. CLEAN IT UP, on my www.vickihinze.com website in the "Feature Articles" section. To read the artcile, click HERE.

Faith Zone: Keeping Your Peace in Troubled Times

You can keep your peace during trials and troubles--if you've embraced some valuable lessons.

READ ARTICLE

trouble, trials, challenges, struggles, confrontations, peace, calm, serenity, faith, vicki hinze, vickhinze, My Faith Zone, emotional reactions

Living Large, Living Lush--It's All in Detail

Read Article

characterization, author, writer, novelist, creative writing, details, anchors, vickihinze, Vicki Hinze, writers' zone

Slammed! Working on Overload

READ ARTICLE

overworked, vicki hinze, vickihinze, writers library, creative writing, author, writer, novelist

Spirituality: When You Feel Really Small...

Read Article

spirituality, faith, David, Goliath, purpose, strength, vickihinze, Vicki Hinze

Thinking Aloud: What We Hear and How We Hear It

Join Me Today on blogtalkradio at 2

I'm doing an interview on blogtalkradio.com today at 2 PM. Listen in HERE.

blogtalkradio, interviews, kill zone, Vicki Hinze, books, suspense novels

Mistakes We Make #13

READ ARTICLE

When Your Heart is Broken

We all suffer heartbreak. Whether it's a relationship or a situation you...

Read Article

Mistakes We Make #11 & Vicki Talks Writing on TV Tonight

READ ARTICLE

errors, mistakes, flaws, authors, writers, novelists, creative writing, nurture, positive environment, constructive solutions, resolutions, what we need, what we want Vicki Hinze, writers library

Note: Vicki will be appearing on WSRE (PBS) tonight at 7 PM talking about writing.

MISTAKES WE MAKE: PART 10

READ ARTICLE

errors, mistakes, challenges, attraction, positive environments, solutions, writing, author, novelists, vicki hinze, writers library

Why We Should Read #iranelection on Twitter

WARNING: This is a no-edit zone...

I’m interrupting my Mistakes We Make posts, because this opportunity will not wait.

As writers, we write about people. About the human condition. We connect with readers through emotion, which means writers must be students of emotion.

Right now the people of Iran are risking death--and indeed some are dying--and being imprisoned for a cause well known to Americans: freedom. With 140% of the population voting in many districts, the people feel betrayed, disrespected and undervalued by their leaders. They are passionate and their emotions are raw.

When emotions are raw, there is no veneer. You see actions and reactions that are impassioned and that cut close to the bone. If you want to know what someone is really thinking, observe them in an emotional situation. The more intense the emotion, the more honest and overt the reaction.

As human beings, we have felt many of the emotions being felt in force right now. Betrayal, hurt, feeling helpless and hopeless and small and insignificant. I am but one. What can I do? We’ve felt that. In observing it, we remember it, and we feel the violations all over again. That creates a bond of empathy, which is why if you are following on Twitter and have been since the weekend, you see posts that say things like, “Stay safe, my brother” or “today we’re all Iranian.” It isn’t that the speakers are related or they’ve changed their allegiance to their own country, it’s that they empathize so intensely with the injustice the other person is feeling, they align.

I’ve seen acts of great courage. One man posted before going to march in the first protest that he didn’t need to sleep because “today I die.” He believed--and for just cause since 7,000 were executed for defiance before--that if he went, he would die. But he went. And thousands on Twitter held their collective breaths until he returned and posted. We all understand fear. We all recognize courage. We all . . .

READ ARTICLE

Tags: character, emotion, empathy, creative writing, author, writer, novelist, books, #iranelection, writers library, vicki hinze

Mistakes We Make--Part 9: Negativity and Detachment

Read Article

author, constructive environments, errors, fix the problems, flaws, judgment challenges, lapses, mistakes, negativity, novelist, solutions, Vicki Hinze, what we need, writer, writers library

Mistakes We Make # 8: What We Need

Read Article

mistakes, errors, authors, writers,novelists, judgment, solutions, challenges, what we need, needy, writers library, vicki hinze, Mistakes We Make