There’s so much to write about and so little time to just sit at the computer and get it all out. I love so much to feel that roar of satisfaction after writing something. I feel that most when I’ve just written great fiction. But how often does that happen for me anymore? I’m focused on writing non-fiction because that’s what is currently earning me some money.
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I’m a………. Giant . . . WHAT?
Today, October 8, is Cephalopod Awareness Day. Really!
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Sixth revision for The Scribe of Irohila…
Yes, I’m one of those people that can’t stop at just two revisions. I’m about to start the sixth and want to thank my dear critique group for giving me new ideas on how to make the novel better.
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2008 Muse Online Writer’s Conference
Here it comes – once again – the wonderful online writer’s conference planned and coordinated by amazing Lea Schizas. This is the conference’s third year – and the first year I’m offering a workshop there. In fact, it is the first time I’ve offered a workshop anywhere, so I’m really excited (and apprehensive) about this.
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I’m getting ready for the Muse Online Writer’s Conference, and my workshop!
I had so much fun at last year’s Muse Online Writers Conference, I volunteered to present a workshop this year. My topic is Creating An Impressive Writing Website.
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Daisy and the Freedom Field
Here’s a flash fiction story I wrote during one of my practice writing sessions:
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Rejection: It’s Not Personal
Remember this always: when you get a rejection from an editor – it isn’t personal. It isn’t about you. Manuscripts get rejected, not people, and there are dozens of reasons why that happens. Here are a few of the most common:
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Feeling FREE With Language
“Freedom’s just another word for nothing left to lose.” – from the Kristofferson/Foster song, Bobby McGee
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From the White Light
I’ve decided to add a flash fiction section to this website. I write a lot of flash fiction during my daily practice writing sessions, and can’t see that I’ll ever have any opportunity to sell it unless I publish it as a collection someday. In the meantime, I’ll post some of my little stories (500 words or less) here. Here’s one I wrote a few days ago. The prompt was to “write about something white”.
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Practice Writing Daily for Creative Development
Everyone needs a creative outlet – even those who don’t think they do. It is part of being human. For many of us, writing is that opportunity to share a bit of our hearts with the world.
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Haight-Ashbury Retrospective
One of my novels is about a girl who lived in the Haight-Ashbury during the sixties, so I regularly do research on everything having to do with the hippie movement. The novel, Far Out: The Journey to Oblivion…, is one I intend to revise during the next year or two. I wrote it in 2004.
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NaNoWriMo Awards 2001-2007
I’ve been participating in NaNoWriMo every year since 2001. It’s a great way to have fun, meet people and write a novel all at the same time.
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Writing Festival Friday #8 – Evaluation Time
I’ve been doing the Writing Festival Friday postings for eight weeks now, and have taken time to evaluate what I’m doing here with this blog event project. First let me say the best part of all this has been in doing the interviews and meeting writers who are new to me.
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