Tag Archives: songwriting

Family, Friends, Fiction

Posted on January 27, 2023 by Tonette Joyce

This week we were asked if we wrote any characters based on real people. I know we have touched on this at one time in the past, but as I was running through my head about characters that I had … Continue reading →

Posted in author's life, authors, Books, characters, Characters based on real people, contemporary, cozy mystery, creating scenes, creativity, decisions, descriptions, dialogue, editing, experiences, Family, fantasy, imagination, inspiration, inspirational people, inspirational romance, Life, marriage, Miscellaneous, misunderstandings, non-fiction, poetry, Random thoughts, short stories, subplots, Tonette Joyce, Words, writers, writing, writing from experiences | Tagged creating characters, lyrics. POV, modifying actual events in writing, muliple storylines, POV in short stories, songwriting, Writing about family, Writing non-fiction | 10 Comments

POP Go the References

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Tonette Joyce

When we were discussing advice to young, new or would-be writers, I omitted some pieces of advice. One is: Avoid ‘pop’ references. As far as I am concerned, they age your work and make it seem irrelevant very quickly. Of … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, big plans, book review, Books, characters, Christmas, dialogue, helping others, history, imagination, Miscellaneous, movies, Random thoughts, reading, research, Tonette Joyce, writers | Tagged All About Eve, Bette Davis, Cruel Intentions, Dangerous Liaisons, Now Voyager, pop references, Sean Connery impressions, Shakespeare, songwriting, Star Trek, Star Wars, The Hunt For Red October, The Odd Couple, Top Gun, TV shows, Updating published works | 11 Comments

What’s On Your Menu?

Posted on October 19, 2018 by Tonette Joyce

Free Week and I had decided to talk about doing quick research for writing, then I realized that what I had on hand said more about myself than writing. I have on my menu bar across the top of my … Continue reading →

Posted in author's life, decisions, experiences, favorites, inspiration, Life, Miscellaneous, poetry, reading, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged Dictionaries, Goodreads, Kingon, Menu bar, poetry, Qapla, reference, Rhyming dictionaries, Saved favorites, songwriting, youtube | 6 Comments

Silly Love Songs?

Posted on March 17, 2017 by Tonette Joyce

Congrats to my fellow Foxes and the Hound for all the writing and submitting that has been going on. I also worked a story I had put down some time ago and it has been submitted to several places. I … Continue reading →

Posted in experiences, free week, inspiration, Life, Miscellaneous, Music, romance, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged " Longer Than", "I Can't Help Falling in Love With You", "I Just Called to Say I Love You", "Never My Love", Charlotte Bronte, Dan Fogelberg, Elvis, Emily Bronte, John Lennon, lyrics, NPR, Paul McCartney, songs, songwriting, Steveie Wonder, The Association, unending love | 8 Comments

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Tonette Joyce

We been discussing conventions, contests and awards, and being that this blog is basically a writers’ blog, my minds my mind went straight to writer’s conventions, contests and awards. I have never been to a writer’s convention, at least not … Continue reading →

Posted in authors, GIveaways/Contest, poetry, Tonette Joyce, writing | Tagged American Song Festival, breaking into the music business, Certificate of Merit, lyric competitions, lyric contests, lyric writing, playwrighting, poetry, poetry competition scams, songwriting, songwriting awards, songwriting competitions, songwriting contests, the music business, writers seminars, writers' conventions, writing competition scams | 13 Comments

Romancing the Tone

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Tonette Joyce

Talk about anything…hmmm… I have been known to be able to hold my own in a conversation about darned near everything as I have snippets of all manner of information tucked away… I know a little about a lot but … Continue reading →