Tweet Silverberry Wins Three Royal Palm Literary Awards! THRILLING NEWS! My unpublished novel Shadow House won the Florida Writers Association Royal Palm Literary Award gold medal in both the Young Adult/New Adult and Science Fiction categories. Plus [drum roll], it was First Runner Up for Unpublished Book of the Year! To celebrate, I’m doing a […]
Tag Archives: A. R. Silverberry
Unblock Writer’s Block
September 8, 2019 – 2:12 am
Tweet Unblock Writer’s Block By A. R. Silverberry I wrote this several years ago, and it remains one of my favorite posts. Time to re-publish it! What is writer’s block, and what can you do about it? First off, the term writer’s block is too vague. It specifies symptoms but nothing about the cause. It’s […]
Creativity: Supercharge Your Writing, Part II.
May 21, 2019 – 7:19 pm
Tweet Supercharge your creativity. Last week, I outlined nine ways to enhance your creativity and supercharge your writing. Today I offer three more ideas. As you’ll see, they work synergistically to help you. Trigger Your Creativity Just as day follows night, you can trigger your creativity using a learning procedure called classical conditioning. Remember Pavlov […]
Santa Dragon’s Holiday Contest!
December 4, 2016 – 2:04 am
Tweet Chestnuts are roasting; hot cider is filling the house with allspice, cloves, and cinnamon; gingerbread cookies are turning golden in the oven; and the merry scribes of the Fellowship of Fantasy are ringing in the season with Santa Dragon’s Holiday Extravaganza, 24 days, 24 prizes, and oodles of fun! Each day, enter a new […]
Writing Journals: An Author’s Guide
August 29, 2016 – 11:06 pm
Tweet Using a Writing Journal When I heard that John Steinbeck kept a writer’s journal I thought I’d better give it a whirl. It’s turned out to be one of the most useful tools in my arsenal. It helps me stay focused on whatever project I’m working on, experiment with different passages, brainstorm ideas, […]
Beach Reads Bonanza!
June 4, 2016 – 2:14 pm
Tweet Get out the sunscreen and umbrellas, I’m taking part in the Beach Reads Bonanza, which runs from 6/7 – 6/13. Come and celebrate your love of reading and find exciting new books to read this summer! There will be author takeovers where you can chat with new-to-you authors or old favorites, enter giveaways, a […]
Fellowship of Fantasy Giveaway!
April 16, 2016 – 9:58 pm
Tweet Spring into Fantasy Giveaway! Here ye, here ye: announcing the Fellowship of Fantasy, a merry band of amazing fantasy authors who’ve come together to share their work, and I’m super thrilled to be part of it! To celebrate, we’re hosting the Spring Into Fantasy Giveaway! We’ve lined up an awesome prize. What prize? Maybe […]
Silverberry’s Scavenger Hunt Giveaway!
November 17, 2015 – 2:55 am
Tweet Silverberry’s Scavenger Hunt! Silverberry’s Scavenger Hunt is back, with four chances to win a copy of my books, Wyndano’s Cloak and The Stream. To enter, just follow the instructions below: Like my Facebook Author Page! Follow me on Twitter! Send this tweet: WOW! I just entered @arsilverberry’s #Scavenger Hunt and #Giveaway! […]
THE STREAM a USA Book News Finalist!
November 14, 2015 – 4:02 am
Tweet THE STREAM a USA Book News Finalist in Visionary Fiction! Thrilling News! My second novel, The Stream, was honored as an Award-Winning Finalist in the 2015 USA Best Book Awards, in the category of Visionary Fiction. This marks the fifth honor bestowed on The Stream. The book was honored as a Shelf Unbound Notable […]
