Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Saturday, May 28, 2011
Deadlines
I have found that if I have a deadline for a project I am working on I write better. While working on my revisions of my wip I find it difficult to stay on task. I keep going to twitter, or play marjong tiles (it drives me nuts not to be able to beat it). Any suggestions of how to get past this will be very welcome.
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Revisions
I have been revising my wip and have found something interesting about this process; at least as far as I am concerened. I find it difficult to start where I left off. I keep wanting to start at the beginning and see if I want to make any other changes. Is this only me or does everyone go through this experience. It's frustrating because I never seem to make any headway. Oh well onward, hopefully it won't take forever to finish.
Sunday, May 8, 2011
Cooking with words
Have you ever considered how much writing is similar to cooking? Each has steps you must navigate to reach a result. Not everyone is always enamoured with the result but they respect that you tried.
Contests
I entered a contest for the ezine Under the Juniper Tree. It is their sinister summer contest. I received an email today saying they enjoyed the tale. I forgot to mention if it was for the contest or general submission so that was the question. I gave the answer of: The story is for the contest, however, if it does not win I am not adverse to it being a general submission. I tried to cover all angles to help it get published. I'm just happy that someone likes it well enough to tell me! Feels good to have some validation! Until nest time, I'm happily writing.
Friday, May 6, 2011
Writing keeps you sane
Has anyone ever wondered why writiers write? I think it keeps us sane. We purge all the tiny voices in our heads to make more for other tiny voices.
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