CM FickDec 1, 20193 minWriter-In-Motion Week 5Week Five: Wrap-Up The Writer-In-Motion exercise has come to an end, but throughout this process I've learned so such about my own...
CM FickNov 29, 20196 minWriter-In-Motion Week 4Week Four: This week I edited my flash piece, HOMECOMING, based on EDITOR feedback. These editor edits showed how awful I am at my...
CM FickNov 21, 20196 minWriter-In-Motion Week 3Week Three: This week I edited my flash piece, HOMECOMING, based on CP (critique partner) feedback. While I didn't agree with everything...
CM FickNov 11, 20196 minWriter-In-Motion Week 2Week Two: This week I self-edited my flash piece, HOMECOMING, and wow, I struggled with getting the opening just how I wanted it. And I'm...
CM FickNov 7, 20196 minWriter-In-Motion Week 1Week One: This week I drafted my flash piece, HOMECOMING. This story took shape in my mind after sitting on the prompt (you can find out...
CM FickNov 3, 20192 minWriter-In-MotionWriter-In-Motion Week Zero #WriterInMotion is a month-long event where writers draft a short story based on a prompt (more on that below)...
CM FickSep 17, 20191 minLaunching a NEW Writer Forum: QueryConnectionI'm excited to announce a new project I've undertaken with a team of awesome writers called QueryConnection! This NEW forum, by writers...
CM FickSep 1, 20193 minPitch Wars 2019 #BoostMyBioThis is my first year trying out for Pitch Wars and I'm excited to be entering my latest ms. I’ve spent so long working on my epic...
CM FickMar 26, 20192 min#Write4Life coming May 4, 2019!#Write4Life is a fundraising event for writers that will give away everything from full manuscript critiques to personal query responses...
CM FickSep 21, 20181 min#ThursdayAesthetic MonarchyFor this week's #ThursdayAesthetic I went off theme. Instead, I opted to do one for the two warring monarchs in my #Elementals series....
CM FickJun 28, 20181 min#ThursdayAesthetic YesterdayThis week's theme for #ThursdayAesthetic is "Yesterday" (as in old projects). This is based on my published NA novel Mark of Fate. Meet...
CM FickJun 14, 20181 min#ThursdayAesthetic Black & WhiteLast week's theme was monochromatic, this week it's black & white. Since Kleist is an extremely grey character (Need info? Why not raise...
CM FickJun 7, 20181 min#ThursdayAesthetic MonochromaticThis week's #ThursdayAesthetic is Monochromatic. At first I wasn't going to do a new one, since I already have one for both Ember &...
CM FickMay 31, 20181 min#ThursdayAesthetic FamilyThis week's theme for the #ThursdayAesthetic is Family and the Elemental's series has several complicated family dynamics, but I chose to...
CM FickMay 17, 20181 min#ThursdayAesthetic Best FriendToday's aesthetic is for either your main character's best friend or lover. Since Ember is too busy dealing with the loss of her elements...
CM FickMay 11, 20181 min#ThursdayAesthetic Future ProjectSo I may have stretched this one a little because this isn't exactly a future project (I wrote the first page on Tuesday). Since I've...
CM FickMay 3, 20181 min#ThursdayAesthetic Supporting CharacterThis week's #ThusdayAesthetic is for my favourite supporting character in the Elementals Series, but Kleist is really my favourite....
CM FickApr 30, 20181 min#ThursdayAesthetic Setting: LowlandsI missed posting last week's #ThursdayAesthetic, but it was for one of our settings. While I have so many and I hope to eventually have...