{"id":4230,"date":"2022-05-05T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-05T16:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/?p=4230"},"modified":"2023-05-23T12:56:43","modified_gmt":"2023-05-23T19:56:43","slug":"series-intro-conversations-about-writing-with-reed-mingault","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/index.php\/2022\/05\/05\/series-intro-conversations-about-writing-with-reed-mingault\/","title":{"rendered":"Series Intro: Conversations About Writing with Reed Mingault"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am fortunate to have people in my life who inspire me. Reed Mingault is one of those. She is my cousin and writing buddy. We are both relatively new taking our writing seriously. This sparks great conversation whenever we get together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is exciting to share the writing process with someone who thinks differently. Even though our genres are very different, her ideas have been helpful to me. Especially when I get stuck and my typical solutions are not working.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reed is a fiction writer primarily of secondary world Fantasy. (This is fantasy fiction taking place in other worlds.) She enjoys adding creatures in vivid world-building in her work. I love how she weaves the message of hope into all her writing. Her work is thought-provoking and inspiring.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Make sure you check it out on her site:\u00a0 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/reedmingault.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/reedmingault.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can see some pieces she has published in different places and her latest projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It was also very satisfying to talk with a fellow writer about the craft that she loves. I am sure that you will find something useful here for your writing life!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Here are all of the articles written with Reed Mingault in this series:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:39% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/toa-heftiba-yz4VF6x0W3M-unsplash-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4317 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/toa-heftiba-yz4VF6x0W3M-unsplash-edited.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/toa-heftiba-yz4VF6x0W3M-unsplash-edited-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:100\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/index.php\/2022\/05\/06\/resources-for-fiction-writers-w-reed-mingault\/\">Resources for Fiction Writers<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:100\">\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/index.php\/2022\/05\/17\/plotting-pantsing-progress-trackers-w-reed-mingault\/\">Plotting, Pantsing &amp; Progress Trackers&nbsp;<\/a>&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:100\">\u2013&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/index.php\/2022\/05\/31\/writing-from-drafting-to-publication-w-reed-mingault\/\">Writing: From Drafting to Publication<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:100\">\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/index.php\/2022\/06\/10\/words-have-power\/\">Words Have Power<\/a>\u00a0(written by Reed)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:100\">&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/index.php\/2023\/05\/23\/a-writing-tool-for-keeping-momentum-w-reed-mingault\/\">A Writing Tool for Keeping Momentum <\/a><\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything we are sharing in these articles is what we have learned from others. Think of these as a curated list of resources that we have tried and found value in. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Passing on what you have learned is an important part of contributing to the community of writers. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Join us as we learn how to write in the midst of our hectic, messy lives. We are both in the first steps of writing professionally and figuring it out. Hopefully, you can find some value here for your writing life. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"font-style:normal;font-weight:100\">We wish you the best! &#8211; April &amp; Reed Mingault<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-default\" style=\"grid-template-columns:15% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"358\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Reed-Mingault.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4292 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Reed-Mingault.jpg 358w, https:\/\/www.embracinghome.blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Reed-Mingault-300x274.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 358px) 100vw, 358px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p>Visit her author page to see what she is up to lately!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Author Bio: <a href=\"https:\/\/reedmingault.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/reedmingault.com\/ <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right has-small-font-size\">Photos by <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@christinhumephoto?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Christin Hume<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@heftiba?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Toa Heftiba<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@mikeyharris?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Mikey Harris<\/a><sup> <\/sup> on <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/collections\/t0TagybRBEs\/writing?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\">Unsplash<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image 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