Author: tinafriesen

  • It’s Not Who You Are

    We can choose to be identified by our past or we can have faith to move beyond it. As I commit myself to working on my novel again, I am having to deal with demons of the past. “You won’t follow through.” “You’ve failed before.” “What makes you think you…

  • I’m Back – Why I’ve Started Working on My Novel Again and What I am Learning

    After a long break, I’ve returned to the editing process of my novel, From a Distance. Some of my readers have been with me from early days and I am extremely grateful to you for your patience. As writers, we know this is a complex process that involves many different…

  • Weekly Update of My Personal Experience of the Coronavirus Isolation

    For any interested readers, I have been writing a weekly journal of my personal experience of the coronavirus isolation on my tinafriesenwriting blog.

  • Coupon for Free Book

    I am offering a free copy of my short story, Wilhelmina, for one month, on the one year anniversary of its publication. Check out Wilhelmina Share the coupon, JS22Z, with friends. It expires on March 27, 2020. While you are there you may want to check out my other selections.…

  • What to Write About – Leave a Legacy

    I don’t very often talk about content in writing. In fact, I don’t believe I’ve touched on this subject before. There are messages out there that need to be shared. A few questions I always ask myself: 1) Am I the one to speak about this? 2) Where/to whom do…

  • Why I Left Facebook at the End of the Year

    Each of my WordPress followers pressed the “follow” button for a slightly different reason. When I follow someone it is because I have found their writing interesting or motivating in some way and I want to keep track of them and be able to read more of their content. When…

  • Update on My Novel

    To my dear readers who have followed my story…thank you for your incredible patience. It would almost make a story of its own for me to document my writing journey these past months. I finally decided that at the end of the year I will put my novel aside. In…

  • Organizing for Writing

    As writers we are always collecting material. I have file boxes full of notes. Numerous computer files. Bookshelves of books. My brain is constantly coming up with new concepts to write about. New angles. New stories. I can’t possibly keep track of them all. Between my electronic notes and files,…

  • Check Out My Latest Article

    I have another site where I write random articles. I just posted this article Don’t Let the Depression Monster Get You  Check it out.

  • My Happy Place as a Writer

    For a long time I searched for my Happy Place as a writer and I didn’t find it. The reason I couldn’t find it was because I needed to create it. I needed to understand what this place is made up of. Most of all, I needed to identify the…