Earlier this week I found out about Write Your @ss Off Weekend hosted by Moonrat and I forgot to share the news. It’s a day to devote to writing tasks but putting that behind in the chair is also encouraged. Much of Ohio is under a snow emergency so this would be a great weekend for… Continue reading Write Your @ss Off Weekend!
Tag: Writing
Writing Advice: Learning From The Masters
In October 2009 I was fortunate to meet, very briefly, one of the smartest and prolific authors of my time, Francine Prose. She was in town to talk about her latest book, Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife. The format for her visit, she said, was different from her other stops to talk… Continue reading Writing Advice: Learning From The Masters
December 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in December: 0 Rejections in December: 0 Submissions sent out in December: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 3 Nothing new or old went out in December. I did get two surprises. The first was an email from an Ohio museum. Last… Continue reading December 2009
November 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in November: 0 Rejections in November: 0 Submissions sent out in November: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 3 It should be no surprise that November was spent doing not much other than working on my 2009 NaNoWriMo Project. I am surprised… Continue reading November 2009
NaNoWriMo 2009 Wrap-Up
Just after 11:30pm Eastern time on November 30th, I crossed the finish line at 50,088 words. To be honest, it wasn’t until near the end of the month that I thought I might make it. A challenge was thrown down and I took it. I was averaging about 1000 words a day and was well… Continue reading NaNoWriMo 2009 Wrap-Up
Riding Downhill
This weekend I have been pushing to write the rest of the words for this year’s NaNo project. On Friday I had 59.9% of the words written. That’s just under 30k. My husband saw so little of me yesterday he didn’t realize I never got out of my pajamas. Today my total word count starts… Continue reading Riding Downhill
Nearly on the Downward Slope
I am still plugging away at my NaNo Project. At 24,020 words, my Excel spreadsheet estimates I will be done on December 11th. I will keep writing one word at a time to get to the finish line. My goal is still 50 thousand words before December 1st. Because I spent very little time getting… Continue reading Nearly on the Downward Slope
October 2009
These statistics are all for short stories, poems, or contest entries. Book reviews are not included. Sales in October: 0 Rejections in October: 0 Submissions sent out in October: 0 Total stories/poems/contests pending responses: 3 October was a big fat 0 as far as any submissions and November is likely to be the same. (Working on the newest… Continue reading October 2009
Writing with the Senses
The five senses can help us perceive the world around us. Take away one of them and you’re bound to have an incomplete picture. Touch, smell, taste, hearing and sight can provide a richer picture when describing settings and characters. Any writer trying to set the reader into the material will make use of the senses. For… Continue reading Writing with the Senses
Which Comes First – The Market or the Story?
Every writer has a different method for getting the words down for the story that needs to be told. Which do you think should come first – the market or the story? I used to write what I wanted and then tried to find a market for it. I would spend a lot of time… Continue reading Which Comes First – The Market or the Story?