Tina's Blog

Maternity Leave

Tina Hunter — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 15:44:36 +0000

I will be taking a break from updating this blog for a while due to the fact that I am expecting our first child in less than 2 weeks. We (my husband and I) are really excited (and terrified) to become parents and it’s coming up quick. I likely won’t update this blog from May [...]

10 Research Resources for Fiction Writers

Tina Hunter — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:42:23 +0000

Research for fiction writers seems to be coming up a lot lately. Whether you look at Write Anything’s recent guest post by Justyn Rowe, or Krista D. Ball’s series called ‘A Nibble of History’ people are talking about it… and the general feeling I’m getting is that a lot writers aren’t doing it properly. I [...]

Work, Family and Writing: How to Balance Life and Art

Tina Hunter — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:00:35 +0000

Once a year, Lynda and I get together to discuss topics on her blog – much like you would find at a writing convention. This year we are taking on the Work-Life Balance that all writers must face. Below is a copy of the guest post I did on her blog. To join in on [...]

November 2010

Tina Hunter — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 17:13:39 +0000

So 3 1/2 months after my last post, begins the best part of the fall (after Halloween) – NaNoWriMo. First, sorry about the lack of anything on this blog over the summer. I must admit that I go through dry periods where I really have nothing to say on here. But that’s likely to change [...]

10 Line Writing Exercise

Tina Hunter — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:54:07 +0000

I’ve been a long time lurker on the Write Anything website. They have a lot of good articles on writing and every once and a while they post these fun little exercises. I’ve normally just done them off-line, but I thought I would share this one. The point of this exercise was to write a [...]

#FridayFlash “Shiny”

Tina Hunter — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:05:17 +0000

This week is a week of firsts for me. My first spoken word story and now my first entry into this wonderful weekly event #FridayFlash (PS: if you’re looking for some great free flash fiction online, search #FridayFlash on Twitter every Friday). My story this week is called “Shiny” and it has a cameo from [...]

Audioboo – Spoken Word Story

Tina Hunter — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 05:06:50 +0000

Hello world. Long time no chat. What better way to start off a come back (1: Yes I’m married now, 2: no I won’t be changing my name, 3: no, I do love my husband I just like Hunter, 4: keep it up and I will come over there) than by offering something for free. [...]

Can I Have 28 hour days, please?

Tina Hunter — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 19:50:36 +0000

I woke this morning to two realizations. One: I haven’t posted anything on my blog in well over a month, and Two: I have an unreasonable urge to write. The remedy to number one is of course to post something, but number two is a little more complicated since for the first time in a [...]

Games and Nonsense

Tina Hunter — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:27:59 +0000

So I’ve been taking part in a few laughable activities over the last few days. First a quiz. QUIZ: Which science fiction writer are you? I am: Ursula K. LeGuin Perhaps the most admired writing talent in the science fiction field. I’m actually really flattered by this quiz result. Ursula K. Le Guin has published [...]

The 4 Year Plan

Tina Hunter — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 19:48:35 +0000

4 years ago, on August 23 2006, I started blogging. It was a way of telling the universe that I was committed to writing – for real this time. I started on blogger, and you can read from the beginning up until August 2008 (when I moved to WordPress) @ http://dustandstrangerthings.blogspot.com/ – but only until [...]